Les Valerots bed 4, Cote d'Or: Pleistocene, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Ochotona sp.
Link 1795
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus brachygnathus
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Apodemus sylvaticus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| original and current combination Mus sylvaticus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Cricetus cricetus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Allophaiomys pliocaenicus
Kormos 1932
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| Allophaiomys pliocaenicus nutiensis nov. ssp. | ||||||||||
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Mimomys pusillus
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Dolomys episcopalis
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Glirulus pusillus
(Heller 1936)
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| original and current combination Amphidyromys pusillus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustela sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus cf. etruscus
(Falconer 1868)
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= Stephanorhinus cf. etruscus
Falconer 1868
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O'Regan 2003 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Talpa cf. europaea
Linnaeus 1758
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Talpa cf. caeca
Savi 1822
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana cf. esculenta
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Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Cote d'Or |
| Coordinates: | 47.3° North, 5.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.3° North, 4.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Local bed: | 2 | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Biharian. Gunz or most ancient Mindel glaciation. Complex stratigraphy (see collection info). |
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: Complex stratigraphy, with several climatic changes documented. Cycles 1, 2, 3, and 5 correspond with temperate, more or less wet phases, while 4 and 6 are indicative of cold continental climates, with cycle 4 marking the maximum cold phase. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Also marked on the list is M. malei-burgondiaes nov. ssp. The genus is not clearly indicated - could be Mimomys - but it has been omitted from the entered taxonomic list. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 49085 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2005-04-08 03:18:03 | Last modified: | 2005-04-08 06:18:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-08 03:18:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13054. | PACED | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 9580 | PACED | H. J. O'Regan. 2003. Reidentifications and synonomies of European mammals. [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen] |