Montmaurin, Haute-Garonne: Middle Pleistocene, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Plionarctos sp.
Frick 1926
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| A small upper M2 of a bear described in 1922, identified by Bonifay 1973 as Plionarctos. | ||||||||||
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Ursus spelaeus
Rosenmüller 1794
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis lupus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaena prisca
De Serres 1828
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= Pliocrocuta perrieri
Kretzoi 1938
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O'Regan 2003 | |||||||||
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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 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus caballus
Linnaeus 1758
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| Equus caballus mosbachensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinoceros mercki
Kaup 1841
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| synonym of Dihoplus kirchbergensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus scrofa
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus elaphus
Linnaeus 1758
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Capreolus sp.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bos sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Haute-Garonne |
| Coordinates: | 43.2° North, 0.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.2° North, 0.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Middle Pleistocene, doubtfully assigned to the Mindel-Riss (roughly 0.6-0.45Ma), but needs more work to ascertain this. |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: Found and excavated in 1902. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 49089 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2005-04-08 06:03:58 | Last modified: | 2005-04-08 09:03:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-08 06:03:57 |
| 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] |