Sainzelles, Polignac, Haute-Loire: Early/Lower Pleistocene, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas meridionalis Nesti 1825
    = Archidiskodon meridionalis Nesti 1825
O'Regan 2003
recombined as Mammuthus meridionalis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena brevirostris Gervais 1850
    = Pachycrocuta brevirostris Gervais 1850
Werdelin and Turner 1996
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Machairodus cf. crenatidens
    = Homotherium cf. crenatidens Fabrini 1890
O'Regan 2003
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus stenonis Cocchi 1867
recombined as Allohippus stenonis
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros etruscus Falconer 1868
    = Dicerorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868
O'Regan 2003
    = Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868
O'Regan 2003
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus major Cuvier 1824
    = Hippopotamus antiquus Desmarest 1822
Kahlke 1975
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Cervus cf. elatus
    = Praemegaceros sp. Portis 1920
Kahlke 1975
Cervus pardinus
    = Cervus pardinensis Croizet and Jobert 1828
Kahlke 1975
recombined as Metacervocerus pardinensis
"Cervus" pardinensis
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bos elatus
    = Leptobos sp. Rutimeyer 1878
Kahlke 1975
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Auvergne
Coordinates: 45.1° North, 3.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.1° North, 3.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.78100 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: 1.3-1.6Ma, Early/Lower Pleistocene
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: Il s'agit de depots lacustre littoraux, contenus dans un cratere d'explosion (maar), epais de 10 a 15 metres.
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:anthropogenic,bone collector
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Associated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:archaeological analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Sinzelles
Database number:47828
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2005-03-03 02:44:56 Last modified:2005-03-03 04:44:56
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-03 02:44:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

12802.PACED E. Bonifay. 1991. Les Premieres industries du Sud-Est de la France et du Massif-Central. In E. Bonifay, B. Vandermeersch (eds.), Les Premiers Europeens. Edition du comite des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques (CTHS) 63-80 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

13140PACED H. D. Kahlke. 1975. The Macrofaunas of continental Europe during the Middle Pleistocene: stratigraphic sequence and problems of intercorrelation. in K.W. Butzer and G.L. Isaac, eds., After the Australopithecines. Mouton, The Hague. 309-374 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]
9580PACED H. J. O'Regan. 2003. Reidentifications and synonomies of European mammals. [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen]
10899PACED L. Werdelin and A. Turner. 1996. The fossil and living Hyaenidae of Africa: present status. in K. M. Stewart and K.L. Semour (eds.) Palaeoecology and palaeoenvironments of Late Cenozoic mammals: Tributes to the career of C.S. (Rufus) Churcher. University of Toronto Press, Toronto. 637-659 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]