Where: France (47.5° N, 0.0° W: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 1.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: L. Ginsburg and M. Bonneau. 1995. La succession des faunes de mammiferes miocenes de Pontigne (Maine-et-Loire, France). Bulletin de Musee national Histoire naturell 4(2-4):313-328 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 148401: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.07.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Metaxytherium medium Desmarest 1822 dugong | |
"Deinotherium bavaricum" = Prodeinotherium bavaricum
"Deinotherium bavaricum" = Prodeinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831 deinothere | |
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse | |
Prosantorhinus douvillei Osborn 1902 rhinoceros | |
Chalicotherium grande de Blainville 1849 chalicothere | |
Orycterocetus crocodylinus sperm whale | |
Schizodelphis sulcatus Gervais 1853 toothed whale | |
Squalodelphis pusillus n. sp. Ginsburg and Janvier 1971 toothed whale
Hadrodelphis poseidon Ginsburg and Janvier 1971 toothed whale | |
? Lagomeryx minimus ruminant | |
Palaeomeryx lathanensis ruminant | |
Eotragus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 antelope | |
Amphimoschus pontileviensis Bourgeois 1873 ruminant | |
Dorcatherium peneckei Hoffmann 1892 chevrotain
Dorcatherium guntianum von Meyer 1846 chevrotain
Dorcatherium crassum Lartet 1851 chevrotain | |
Hyotherium soemmeringi von Meyer 1834 pig | |
"Pseudaelurus lorteti" = Miopanthera lorteti, Pseudaelurus turauensis, Pseudaelurus cf. romieviensis
"Pseudaelurus lorteti" = Miopanthera lorteti Gaillard 1899 cat
Pseudaelurus cf. romieviensis Roman and Viret 1934 cat | |
Agnotherium grivensis bear-dog | |
Euroxenomys minutum beaver
Anchitheriomys windemanni beaver |