Abbeville (Somme River terrace), Pas de Calais: Middle Pleistocene, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinoceros etruscus
Falconer 1868
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= Stephanorhinus etruscus
Falconer 1868
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Wilson and Reeder 1993 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus aff. hydruntinus
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Prat (1968) 'un petit equide proche d'Equus hydruntinus' | ||||||||||
Equus caballus
Linnaeus 1758
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Prat (1968) doubtfully assigned specimens of 'un grande equide' to Equus caballus mosbachensis. | ||||||||||
Equus stenonis
Cocchi 1867
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recombined as Allohippus stenonis | ||||||||||
Prat (1968) 'd'Equus stenonis proche du cheval de Sinzelles.' | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus scrofa
Linnaeus 1758
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race ancienne | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus major
Cuvier 1824
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus solilhacus
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Megaceride | ||||||||||
Cervus belgrandi
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Cervus canadensis
Erxleben 1777
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Cervus elaphus
Linnaeus 1758
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Cervus (Dama) somonensis
(Cuvier 1800)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bos cf. elatus
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Machairodus latidens
Owen 1846
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= Homotherium latidens
Owen 1846
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O'Regan 2003 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaenidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Coprolithes d'Hyene | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustelidae indet.
Fischer 1817
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Belette (= weasel) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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small size. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas antiquus
Falconer and Cautley 1847
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= Palaeoloxodon antiquus
Falconer and Cautley 1847
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Wilson and Reeder 1993 | |||||||||
Elephas meridionalis
Nesti 1825
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= Mammuthus meridionalis
Nesti 1825
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Wilson and Reeder 1993 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Oiseaux | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | France | State/province: | Pas de Calais |
Coordinates: | 50.0° North, 1.9° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 50.0° North, 1.9° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.78100 - 0.12600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: An interglacial at the start of the Mindel (Mindel 1 or 2). Middle Pleistocene, roughly 0.8-0.6Ma. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray marl |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: The fauna from the grey marl is difficult to separate from the nearby gravels (which lie above and beneath it). | |
Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Geology comments: The high terrace of the River Somme. |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collection method comments: Type site for the Acheulian (Abbevillian) |
Metadata
Database number: | 49087 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2005-04-08 03:56:22 | Last modified: | 2005-04-08 06:56:22 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-08 03:56:21 |
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] |
7009 | D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder. 1993. Mammal species of the world 1-1206 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |