Champ de Mathieu (Miocene of France)

Also known as Mirabeau

Where: Vaucluse, France (43.7° N, 5.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.9° N, 4.4° E)

When: MN6 mammal zone, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• Aquitanian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lignite

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Ménouret. 2014. Gisements paléontologiques à mammifères ou empreintes de pas de mammifères du Parc naturel régional du Luberon. Courrier scientifique du Parc naturel régional du Luberon et de la Réserve de biosphère Luberon-Lure 12:56-74 [P. Coster/P. Coster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 201492: authorized by Pauline Coster, entered by Pauline Coster on 10.05.2019

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Galerix exilis de Blainville 1839 hedgehog
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Miodyromys hamadryas Forsyth Major 1899 dormouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Megacricetodon similis Fahlbusch 1964 mouse