Rosieres, Cher: Middle Pleistocene, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinoceros sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Rhinoceros mercki or etruscus. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus cf. stenonis
Cocchi 1867
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= Equus cf. suessenbornensis
Wüst 1901
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Bonifay 1973 | |||||||||
recombined as Equus (Sussemionus) suessenbornensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Megaceros dupuisi
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synonym of Megaloceros | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bos sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Lynx sp.
Kerr 1792
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large size. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Cuon stehlini
Thenius 1954
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synonym of Xenocyon lycaonoides | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | France |
Coordinates: | 47.2° North, 2.9° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 47.2° North, 2.9° 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: Early Middle Pleistocene, Late Cromerian to Early Mindel (roughly 0.85-0.7Ma). |
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collection method comments: Studied by Stehlin in 1912. Relative lack of temperate fauna suggests it is a cold phase fauna (hence assigned to the Mindel). |
Metadata
Database number: | 49092 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2005-04-08 06:59:55 | Last modified: | 2005-04-08 09:59:55 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-08 06:59:54 |
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] |