Artenay: MN 4, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Varanidae
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Varanus sp.
Merrem 1820
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Augé and Guével 2018 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
MNHN AR 6261, 1 cervical vertebra; AR 6262, 6 dorsal vertebra; AR 6257, 1 dorsal vert; AR 6263 and 6250, 2 sacral verts; AR 6260, 1 caudal; AR 6264, 3 caudals | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Vipera informal sp. of "Vipera aspis complex"
Laurenti 1768
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Szyndlar and Rage 1999 | |||||||||
Vipera informal sp. of "Oriental vipers complex"
Laurenti 1768
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Szyndlar and Rage 1999 | |||||||||
figured specimen: MNHN AR 6248 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo ginsburgi n. sp.
Broin 1977
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Broin 1977 | |||||||||
recombined as Titanochelon ginsburgi | ||||||||||
MNHN ART 541, complete plastron | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Mauremys pygolopha
(Peters 1868)
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Hervet 2004 | |||||||||
MNHN ART 506, 439 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx stiriacus
Peters 1855
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Broin 1977 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Trionychinae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Chelydropsis sp.
Peters 1868
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Broin 1977 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotherium angustidens
Burmeister 1837
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Brachypotherium aurelianensis
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subgenus Brachydiceratherium | ||||||||||
Proaceratherium minutum
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Aceratherium platyodon
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Anchitherium aurelianense
Cuvier 1825
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Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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Brachyodus onoideus
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Mammalia
- Cainotheriidae
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Cainotherium cf. miocenicum
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Mammalia
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Amphimoschus artenensis
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Procervulus dichotomus
Gervais 1849
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Mammalia
- Lagomerycidae
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Lagomeryx parvulus
Roger 1898
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Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Amphitragulus aurelianensis
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Palaeomeryx kaupi
von Meyer 1834
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Eotragus artenensis
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Albanohyus pigmeum
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Aureliachoerus aurelianensis
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Hyainailouros sulzeri
Biedermann 1863
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Nimravidae
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Prosansanosmilus peregrinus
Heizmann et al. 1980
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Palaeogalidae
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Palaeogale hyaenoides
Dehm 1950
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Pseudaelurus turnauensis
Hoernes 1882
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Ginsburg 2002 | |||||||||
recombined as Styriofelis turnauensis | ||||||||||
Pseudaelurus lorteti
Gaillard 1899
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recombined as Miopanthera lorteti | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Viverridae
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Semigenetta elegans
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Leptoplesictis aurelianensis
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Ginsburg 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Herpestidae
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Herpestes aurelianensis
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Pseudocyon sansaniensis
Lartet 1851
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Ginsburg 2002 | |||||||||
Amphicyon giganteus
Schinz 1825
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Cynelos schlosseri
Dehm 1950
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Ictiocyon socialis
Dehm 1950
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Ginsburg 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Hemicyon stehlini
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Ginsburg 2002 | |||||||||
Ursavus brevirhinus
Hofmann 1887
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Trochictis artenensis
Ginsburg 1968
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Ginsburg 2002 | |||||||||
synonym of Trochictis carbonaria | ||||||||||
Mionictis artenensis
Ginsburg 1968
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Martes sainjoni
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Martes muncki
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Martes burdigaliensis
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Ginsburg 2002 | |||||||||
Ischyrictis noueli
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subgenus Hoplictis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Potamotherium miocenicum
Peters 1868
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Proscapanus sansaniensis
Lartet 1851
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Trimylus neumayrianus
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synonym of Pseudotrimylus | ||||||||||
ssp. subsequens | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Erinaceidae indet.
Fischer von Waldheim 1817
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small form | ||||||||||
Lantanotherium sp.
Filhol 1888
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Melissiodon dominans
Dehm 1950
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
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Ligerimys florancei
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Steneofiber depereti
Mayet 1908
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ssp. depereti | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Pseudodryomys aff. simplicidens
de Bruijn 1966
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Lagopsis sp.
Schlosser 1894
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cadeoti vel penai | ||||||||||
Prolagus cf. vasconiensis
Viret 1930
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Vespertilionidae indet.
Gray 1821
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?Eptesicus | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | France | State/province: | Centre | County: | Loiret |
Coordinates: | 48.1° North, 1.9° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 48.2° North, 0.3° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
Key time interval: | MN 4 | ||
Age range of interval: | 16.90000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | MNHN |
Metadata
Database number: | 69116 | ||
Authorizer: | L. van den Hoek Ostende, T. Cleary, J. Mueller, J. Orcutt, P. Holroyd, D. Nicholson | Enterer: | L. van den Hoek Ostende, T. Cleary, P. Holroyd, D. Nicholson, J. Orcutt, T. Liebrecht |
Modifier: | T. Liebrecht | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2007-02-19 06:32:41 | Last modified: | 2012-12-04 03:52:21 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-02-19 06:32:41 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
19926. | E.P.J. Heizmann, L. Ginsburg, and C. Bulot. 1980. Prosansanosmilus peregrinus, ein neuer machairodontider Felide aus dem Miocän Deutschlands und Frankreichs. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Ser. B. 58:1-27 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende] |
Secondary references:
67822 | M. L. Augé and B. Guével. 2018. New varanid remains from the Miocene (MN4–MN5) of France: inferring fossil lizard phylogeny from subsets of large morphological data sets. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1410483 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary] | |
60047 | F. Broin. 1977. Contribution a l'etude des Cheloniens. Cheloniens continentaux due Cretace et du Tertiare de France. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie C, Sciences de la terre 38:1-366 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
78243 | L. Ginsburg. 2002. Les carnivores fossiles des sables de l'Orléanais. Annales de Paléontologie 88:115-146 [J. Orcutt/J. Orcutt] | |
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] | |
43699 | Z. Szyndlar and J.-C. Rage. 1999. Oldest Fossil Vipers (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Old World. Kaupia - Darmstädter Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte 8:9-20 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] |