Pellecahus (Miocene of France)

Also known as Romieu

Where: Midi-Pyrénées, France (44.0° N, 0.5° E: paleocoordinates 44.1° N, 0.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: MN 4 (16.9 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• none given

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: combination of historical and new collections

Primary reference: F. Roman and J. Viret. 1934. La faune de mammiferes du Burdigalien de la Romieu. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France 21:1-67 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71873: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 14.05.2007, edited by Mark Uhen and David Nicholson

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• originally described by Roman and Viret 1930, and repeatedly revised by other authors
unclassified
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Reptilia
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Mauremys ex gr. sarmatica2 Purschke 1885 pond turtle
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
"Dinotherium cuvieri" = Prodeinotherium bavaricum
"Dinotherium cuvieri" = Prodeinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831 deinothere
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium sp.1, "Mastodon (Trilophodon) angustidens" = Tetrabelodon angustidens
Gomphotherium sp.1 Burmeister 1837 gomphothere
"Mastodon (Trilophodon) angustidens" = Tetrabelodon angustidens Cuvier 1806 gomphothere
 Carnivora - Palaeogalidae
Palaeogale minuta1 Gervais 1848 carnivoran
 Carnivora - Viverridae
Semigenetta cf. cadeoti1 Roman and Viret 1934 civet
Semigenetta cadeoti n. sp. Roman and Viret 1934 civet
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat
Pseudaelurus quadidentatus cat
mutation romieviensis
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Pseudarctos bavaricus1 Schlosser 1899 bear-dog
Amphicyon giganteus Schinz 1825 bear-dog
Amphicyon major De Blainville 1841 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Trochictis artenensis" = Trochictis carbonaria1 Meyer 1842 mustelid carnivore
Paralutra lorteti n. gen. Filhol 1879 otter
Ischyrictis bezianensis1 mustelid carnivore
Iberictis buloti1 Ginsburg and Morales 1992 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Ursidae
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium aurelianense1 Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
"Plesiaceratherium mirallesi" = Dromoceratherium mirallesi1 Crusafont et al. 1955 rhinoceros
Prosantorhinus douvillei1 Osborn 1902 rhinoceros
Brachypotherium cf. brachypus Lartet 1848 rhinoceros
"Ceratorhinus tagicus" = Rhinoceros (Ceratorhinus) one-horned rhinoceros
"Aegyrcitherium beonensis" = Hispanotherium beonense1 Antoine 1997 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
"Caenotherium sp." = Cainotherium
"Caenotherium sp." = Cainotherium Bravard 1828 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Hyotherium soemmeringi1 von Meyer 1834 pig
"Palaeochoerus waterhousi" = Dubiotherium waterhousi Pomel 1853 pig
 Artiodactyla -
Palaeochoerus aurelianensis even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium cf. crassum1 Lartet 1851 chevrotain
Dorcatherium aff. crassum Lartet 1851 chevrotain
Dorcatherium guntianum1 von Meyer 1846 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla -
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Procervulus dichotomus1 Gervais 1849 deer
 Artiodactyla - Lagomerycidae
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomeryx kaupi1 von Meyer 1834 ruminant
Palaeomeryx kaupi von Meyer 1834 ruminant
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mole
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Galerix cf. exilis de Blainville 1839 hedgehog
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Xerus grivensis African ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Steneofiber sp. Geoffroy 1833 beaver
Steneofiber depereti Mayet 1908 beaver
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Microdyromys sp.1 de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
"Microdyromys legidensis-koenigswaldi"
Pseudodryomys ibericus1 de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
Miodyromys biradiculus1 Mayr 1979 dormouse
Prodryomys brailloni1 Thaler 1966 dormouse
Glirudinus modestus1 Dehm 1950 dormouse
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae