Montpellier: Zanclean, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Phoca occitana n. sp.
Gervais and de Serres 1847
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Gervais and de Serres 1847 | |||||||||
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= Pliophoca etrusca
Tavani 1941
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Koretsky and Ray 2008 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinoceros leptorhinus
Cuvier 1822
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Van Beneden and Gervais 1880 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Hoplocetus curvidens n. sp.
Gervais 1852
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Gervais 1852 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Physeteridae
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Physeter antiquus n. sp.
Gervais 1849
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Van Beneden and Gervais 1880 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Balaenoptera prisca
(Leidy 1851)
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| nomen dubium belonging to Siphonocetes | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Paracervulus christoli n. sp.
Dong 1996
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Dong 1996 | 25 specimens | ||||||||
| 4 antlers (including holotype UM 4052), 17 dentures, 4 limb bones | ||||||||||
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Cervavitus cauvieri n. sp.
de Christol 1832
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Dong 1996 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| Lectotype antler (UM055); two fragments of one antler (UM4083, UM4063); maxillary fragment with P3-M3 (UM4099); left mandible with P2-M1 (UM4055). Said to be from "Marnes superposées aux sables marins pliocènes des environs de Montpellier (MN 14).", which may or may not be the same place as other taxa listed here. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
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Sirenia indet.
(Illiger 1811)
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Pilleri 1987 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Metaxytherium n. gen. sp.
de Christol 1840
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de Christol 1840 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Felsinotherium serresii
(Gervais 1847)
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Depéret 1914 | |||||||||
| recombined as Metaxytherium serresii | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Mauremys sp.
Gray 1870
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Hervet 2004 | |||||||||
| Listed by Bergounioux 1933 as "Clemmys sophiae var monspessulana" | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Istiophoriformes
- Istiophoridae
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Encheiziphius teretirostris n. gen., n. sp.
Rutimeyer 1857
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Rutimeyer 1857 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France |
| Coordinates: | 43.6° North, 3.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.7° North, 3.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Zanclean | Zone: | MN 14 |
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Sables à Gryphaea virleti | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: MN 14 according to Bianucci et al 2008 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 56693 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, J. Zijlstra, D. Nicholson | Enterer: | M. Uhen, D. Nicholson, J. Zijlstra |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-11-22 09:21:28 | Last modified: | 2024-03-21 14:47:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-11-22 09:21:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15275. | M. Gennevaux and F. Roman. 1922. Monographie Paléontologique de La faune de vertebres des sables de Montpellier I. Les Baleinopteres. Travauz du laboratoire de geologie de la Faculte des Sciences de Lyon 2(2):5-40 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 87930 | K. Agiadi, N. Hohmann, E. Gliozzi, D. Thivaiou, F. R. Bosellini, M. Taviani, G. Bianucci, A. Collareta, L. Londeix, C. Faranda, F. Bulian, E. Koskeridou, F. Lozar, A. M. Mancini, S. Dominici, P. Moissette, I. B. Campos, E. Borghi, G. Iliopoulos, A. Antonarakou, and G. Kontakiotis. 2024. A revised marine fossil record of the Mediterranean before and after the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Earth System Science Data [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 34893 | G. Bianucci, G. Carone, D. P. Domning, W. Landini, L. Rook and S. Sorbi. 2008. Peri-Messinian dwarfing in Mediterranean Metaxytherium (Mammalia: Sirenia): Evidence of habitat degradation related to the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Garyounis Scientific Bulletin 5:145-157 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 18831 | J. de Christol. 1840. Nouveau genre de Cetace fossile. L'Institute 8th year(352):322-323 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 18830 | J. de Christol. 1841. Rechereches sur divers ossemens fossiles attribues par Cuvier a deux Phoques, au Lamantin, et a deux especes d'Hippopotame, et rapportes au Metaxytherium nouveaus genre de Cetace, de la famile des Dugongs. Annales des Sciences Naturelles - Zoologie et Biologie Animale 15(2):307-336 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 18788 | C. Depéret. 1914. Sur la reconstitution d'un squelette de Felsinotherium serresi, Sirenien pliocene des sables de Montpellier [On the reconstruction of a skeleton of Felsinotherium serresi, Pliocene sirenian from the Montpellier sandstones]. Comptes Rendus de la Academie des Sciences, Paris 158:1858-1914 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano] | |
| 87941 | C. Depéret and F. Roman. 1920. Le Felsinotherium serresi des sables pliocènes de Montpellier et les rameaux phylétiques des Siréniens fossiles de l'ancien monde. Archives du Museum d'histoire Naturelle de Lyon 12(4):1-56 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 18922 | D. P. Domning and H. Thomas. 1987. Metaxytherium serresii (Mammalia: Sirenia) from the early Pliocene of Libya and France: A Reevaluation of its morphology, phyletic position, and biostratigraphic and paleoecological significance. Neogene Paleontology and Geology of Sahabi 205-232 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 57768 | W. Dong. 1996. Les Cervidae (Artiodactyla) rusciniens (Pliocène) du Languedoc et du Roussillon (France). Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, series 4, section C 18(1):133-163 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] | |
| 28567 | P. Gervais. 1852. Zoologie et Paléontologie Françaises (Animaux Vertébrés) ou Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vivants et Fossiles de la France [French Zoology and Paleontology (Vertebrate Animals) or New Research on the Living and Fossil Animals of France] 1–3:1-274+ [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano] | |
| 64370 | P. Gervais and M. de Serres. 1847. Sur les Mammiferes fossiles des sables marins tertiaries de Montpellier. Compte Rendus de l’Academie des Sciences, Paris 24:799-801 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 58591 | S. Hervet. 2004. Systématique du groupe "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) du Tertiaire d'Europe occidentale: principaux résultats [Systematic of the "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" group (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) from the Tertiary of Western Europe: principal results. Annales de Paléontologie 90(1):13-78 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson] | |
| 26241 | I. A. Koretsky and C. E. Ray. 2008. Phocidae of the Pliocene of eastern USA. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 14:81-140 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 18736 | G. Pilleri. 1987. The Sirenia of the Swiss Molasse 1-114 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 29498 | L. Rutimeyer. 1857. Uber Echeiziphis, ein neues Cetaceen-Genus. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 1:555-567 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 12816 | P. J. Van Beneden. 1865. Recheres sur les ossements provenant du crag d'Anvers. Les Squalodons. Memoires de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 35:1-80 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 13983 | P. J. Van Beneden and P. Gervais. 1880. Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles, comprenant la description et l'iconographie du squelette et du système dentaire de ces animaux; ainsi que des documents relatifs à leur histoire naturelle 1-634 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |