Birosse, a Castelnau-d'Arbieu: MN 5, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Mauremys ex gr. sarmatica
(Purschke 1885)
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Hervet 2004 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Zygolophodon turicensis
(Schintz 1824)
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotherium angustidens
Burmeister 1837
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium bavaricum
von Meyer 1831
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recombined as Prodeinotherium bavaricum | |||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Lartetotherium sansaniensis
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Brachypotherium brachypus
Lartet 1848
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Plesiaceratherium lumiarense
Antunes and Ginsburg 1983
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Chalicotheriidae
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Chalicotherium grande
(de Blainville 1849)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Anchitherium aurelianense
Cuvier 1825
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Mammalia
- Tragulidae
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Dorcatherium guntianum
von Meyer 1846
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Dorcatherium crassum
Lartet 1851
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Procervulus dichotomus
Gervais 1849
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Mammalia
- Lagomerycidae
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Lagomeryx parvulus
Roger 1898
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Dicrocerus elegans
Lartet 1837
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Mammalia
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Taucanamo sansaniensis
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Protictitherium crassum
Deperet 1892
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Proscapanus sansaniensis
Lartet 1851
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Pseudosciuridae
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Pseudosciurus aff. fissurae
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Democricetodon romieviensis
Freudenthal 1963
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Megacricetodon aff. collongensis
Mein 1958
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Fahlbuschia koenigswaldi
Freudenthal 1963
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Cricetodon aureus
Mein and Freudenthal 1971
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Cricetodon meini
Freudenthal 1963
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Eumyarion candeloni
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Lartetomys mirabilis
Mein and Freudenthal 1971
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Steneofiber depereti
Mayet 1908
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Miodyromys cf. aegercii
Baudelot 1972
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Spermophilinus bredai
(von Meyer 1848)
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Albanensia aff. sansaniensis
Lartet 1851
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Miopetaurista cf. dehmi
de Bruijn et al. 1980
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Heteroxerus rubricati
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Heteroxerus grivensis
Major 1893
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Amphilagus ulmensis
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Lagopsis penai
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Prolagus sp.
Pomel 1853
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Prolagus oeningensis
(König 1825)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | France | State/province: | Midi-Pyrenees Region | County: | Gers Departement |
Coordinates: | 43.9° North, 0.7° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 44.0° North, 0.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
*Period: | Late/Upper Tertiary - Late/Upper Tertiary | *Epoch: | Middle Miocene - Middle Miocene |
*International age/stage: | Langhian - Langhian | *Local age/stage: | MN 5 - MN 5 |
Key time interval: | MN 5 | Zone: | MN 5 |
Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: The fossiliferous horizon is sandwitched between the 'Calcaire d'Auch' and the 'Calcaire inferieur de l'Astarac' |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | poorly lithified sandy sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera,some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:A general list of lower vertebrates is given for 3 different collections altogether, including Birosse, Le Moune and mare. |
Metadata
Also known as: | Biros, Castelnau-d'Arbieu | ||
Database number: | 32071 | ||
Authorizer: | E. Fara, D. Nicholson | Enterer: | E. Fara, D. Nicholson |
Modifier: | E. Fara | ||
Created: | 2003-06-04 00:57:05 | Last modified: | 2004-07-14 09:22:36 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-06-04 00:57:05 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
8616. | 5% 16820 | C. Bulot, L. Ginsburg, and P. Tassy. 1992. Le gisement a mammiferes miocenes de Castelnau-d'Arbieu (Gers). Donnees nouvelles et implications biostratigraphiques. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences de Paris 314 (II):533-537 [E. Fara/E. Fara/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
58591 | S. Hervet. 2004. Systématique du groupe "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) du Tertiaire d'Europe occidentale: principaux résultats [Systematic of the "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" group (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) from the Tertiary of Western Europe: principal results. Annales de Paléontologie 90(1):13-78 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson] |