Grand Morier, assemblage no. 5 (Miocene to of France)

Where: France (47.3° N, 0.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 1.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 7.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Gagnaison. 2017. Le site paléontologique du Grand Morier (Pont-Boutard, Indre-et-Loire, France): contexte géologique et détail biostratigraphique des formations cénozoïques à partir des assemblages de vertébrés fossiles. Geodiversitas 39(2):251-271 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 187579: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.08.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Cynelos schlosseri Dehm 1950 bear-dog
Cynelos helbingi Dehm 1950 bear-dog
Haplocyonoides mordax Hürzeler 1940 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Plesiogale angustifrons Pomel 1853 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Ursidae
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Pseudaelurus turnauensis" = Styriofelis turnauensis
"Pseudaelurus turnauensis" = Styriofelis turnauensis Hoernes 1882 cat
 Carnivora - Palaeogalidae
Palaeogale hyaenoides Dehm 1950 carnivoran
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Brachyodus onoideus anthracothere
Brachyodus intermedius anthracothere
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Artiodactyla - Lagomerycidae
Ligeromeryx praestans Stehlin 1937 ruminant
 Artiodactyla -
Heterocemas sp. Young 1937 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Procervulus dichotomus Gervais 1849 deer
 Artiodactyla - Andegamerycidae
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diaceratherium aurelianense Nouel 1866 rhinoceros
Protaceratherium minutum Osborn 1900 rhinoceros
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Lagopsis sp. Schlosser 1894 pika
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Steneofiber depereti Mayet 1908 beaver