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
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros etruscus Falconer 1868
    = Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868
Wilson and Reeder 1993
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus aff. hydruntinus
Prat (1968) 'un petit equide proche d'Equus hydruntinus'
Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758
Prat (1968) doubtfully assigned specimens of 'un grande equide' to Equus caballus mosbachensis.
Equus stenonis Cocchi 1867
recombined as Allohippus stenonis
Prat (1968) 'd'Equus stenonis proche du cheval de Sinzelles.'
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
race ancienne
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus major Cuvier 1824
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus solilhacus
Megaceride
Cervus belgrandi
Cervus canadensis Erxleben 1777
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758
Cervus (Dama) somonensis (Cuvier 1800)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bos cf. elatus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Machairodus latidens Owen 1846
    = Homotherium latidens Owen 1846
O'Regan 2003
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821
Coprolithes d'Hyene
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817
Belette (= weasel)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758
small size.
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847
    = Palaeoloxodon antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847
Wilson and Reeder 1993
Elephas meridionalis Nesti 1825
    = Mammuthus meridionalis Nesti 1825
Wilson and Reeder 1993
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
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:

9580PACED 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]