Bézian (Miocene of France)
Where: Gers, France (44.0° N, 0.5° E: paleocoordinates 44.1° N, 1.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: MN 4 (16.9 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 69099: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 19.02.2007, edited by Philip Mannion
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Taxonomic list
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Reptilia | |
"Diplocynodon styriacus" = Diplocynodon ungeri1
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Mammalia | |
Lagopsis penai pika
Prolagus aff. oeningensis König 1825 pika | |
Neocometes sp. Schaub and Zapfe 1953 mouse | |
Democricetodon sp., Eumyarion candeloni, Eumyarion sp., Melissiodon dominans, Megacricetodon primitivus, Megacricetodon bavaricus
Democricetodon sp. Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Eumyarion candeloni mouse
Eumyarion sp. Thaler 1966 mouse
Melissiodon dominans Dehm 1950 mouse
Megacricetodon primitivus Mein and Freudenthal 1971 mouse | |
Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel
Miopetaurista sp. Kretzoi 1962 squirrel
Palaeosciurus sp. Pomel 1853 squirrel | |
Glirudinus gracilis Dehm 1950 dormouse
Microdyromys koenigswaldi de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
Bransatoglis cadeoti Bulot 1978 dormouse
Pseudodryomys sp. de Bruijn 1966 dormouse | |
Steneofiber bredai beaver | |
Ligerimys florancei rodent | |
Brachypotherium brachypus Lartet 1848 rhinoceros | |
Palaeomeryx kaupi von Meyer 1834 ruminant | |
Dorcatherium cf. naui Kaup 1833 chevrotain | |
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Cainotherium sp. Bravard 1828 even-toed ungulate | |
Martes sainjoni marten
Martes muncki marten
Ischyrictis bezaniensis mustelid carnivore
? Mionictis artenensis Ginsburg 1968 otter | |
Hemicyon stehlini bear | |
? Pseudocyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851 bear-dog
Amphicyon giganteus Schinz 1825 bear-dog
? Cynelos schlosseri Dehm 1950 bear-dog | |
Palaeogale minuta Gervais 1848 carnivoran | |
Prosansanosmilus perigrinus false sabre-tooth | |
Protictitherium gaillardi Forsyth Major 1903 hyaena | |
"Pseudaelurus lorteti" = Miopanthera lorteti, Pseudaelurus transitorius
"Pseudaelurus lorteti" = Miopanthera lorteti Gaillard 1899 cat | |
Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole | |
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew | |
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere |