Villeneuve-sur-Lot (Lot-et-Garonne): Early/Lower Pleistocene, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinoceros sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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= Stephanorhinus sp.
Kretzoi 1942
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O'Regan 2003 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| large. | ||||||||||
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Capreolus capreolus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| ordinary size. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| large. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus scrofa
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| upper M2 and M3, moderate size and simple structure. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Machairodus latidens
Owen 1846
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| fragment of upper canine, indicative of a large crown, and a lower canine fragment. | ||||||||||
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= Homotherium latidens
Owen 1846
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O'Regan 2003 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France |
| Coordinates: | 44.4° North, 0.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.5° North, 0.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Thought to be similar date to Cajarc and Cregols, therefore probably Lower Pleistocene. |
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Specimens held in the Museum de Lyon. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Sus scrofa is in entered in the original faunal list as Sus scropha. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 49307 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2005-04-13 03:40:46 | Last modified: | 2005-04-13 06:46:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-13 03:40:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13167. | PACED | E. Harle and H.G. Stehlin. 1909. Une nouvelle faune de Mammiferes des Phosphorites du Quercy. Bulletin - Societe Geologique de France 9(4):39-52 [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] |