Soleilhac 19th century collection, Blanzac, Haute-Loire: Early/Lower Pleistocene, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Palaeoloxodon antiquus (Falconer and Cautley 1847)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus deningeri Reichenau 1904
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena sp. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758
Bonifay 1973
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus elephas
Cervus cf. elaphoides
Megaceros solilhacus
synonym of Megaloceros
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison schoetensacki
Capra sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Equus suessenbornensis Wüst 1901
recombined as Equus (Sussemionus) suessenbornensis
Equus stenonis Cocchi 1867
recombined as Allohippus stenonis
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Dicerorhinus etruscus (Falconer 1868)
    = Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868
O'Regan 2003
Dicerorhinus mercki (Kaup 1841)
synonym of Dihoplus kirchbergensis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Arvicola cf. nageri
Arvicola sp. Lacépède 1799
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Auvergne
Coordinates: 45.1° North, 3.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.2° 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:2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Late Early Pleistocene - approximately 1.0 Ma-0.8 Ma.
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:anthropogenic
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:archaeological analysis
Collection method comments: The locality has been known since the 19th century and this is the original faunal list. Excavations have taken place since the 1970s with beds A-F being recognised, collectively known as Soleilhac centre. This faunal list has been entered seperately.
Metadata
Database number:47830
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2005-03-03 03:59:32 Last modified:2005-03-03 06:03:18
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-03 03:59:32
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:

13054PACED M. F. Bonifay. 1973. Principaux gisements paleontologiques Francais du Pleistocene Moyen: Essai de classification. Le Quaternaire 41-50 [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]