Doue-la-Fontaine: Serravallian - Tortonian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium ? laevius
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| corrected as Dinotherium | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotheriidae indet.
Hay 1922
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Metaxytherium medium
(Desmarest 1822)
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Metaxytherium cuvierii
(de Christol 1832)
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Cottreau 1928 | |||||||||
| synonym of Metaxytherium medium | ||||||||||
| [entered as Metaxytherium cuvieri] | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Chalicomys jaegeri
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Amphicyon major
De Blainville 1841
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| subspecies eppelsheimensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursavus primaevus
Gaillard 1899
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustelidae indet.
Fischer 1817
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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cf. Protragocerus chantrei
Depéret 1887
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| Bovidae indet. sp. 2 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Tragulidae
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Dorcatherium sp.
Kaup 1839
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Dorcatherium cf. naui
Kaup 1833
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Listriodon splendens
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Conohyus simorrensis
(Lartet 1851)
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Korynochoerus palaeochoerus
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Albanohyus pigmeus
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Pelocetus mirabilis n. sp.
Ginsburg and Janvier 1971
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Ginsburg and Janvier 1971 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Nannolithax cf. gracilis
Kellogg 1931
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Acrodelphinidae
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Acrodelphidae indet.
Abel 1905
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| corrected as Acrodelphinidae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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cf. Champsodelphis macrogenius
(Fischer 1829)
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| nomen dubium belonging to Odontoceti | ||||||||||
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Hadrodelphis sp.
Kellogg 1966
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Brocard 2000 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Anchitherium ? sampelayoi
Villalta and Crusafont 1945
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| recombined as Sinohippus sampelayoi | ||||||||||
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Anchitherium aurelianense
Cuvier 1825
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Hipparion primigenium
(von Meyer 1829)
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| recombined as Hippotherium primigenium | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus cf. priscus
Kaup 1833
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Brachypotherium cf. brachypus
Lartet 1848
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Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Maine-et-Loire |
| Coordinates: | 47.2° North, 0.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.4° North, 1.3° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Key time interval: | Serravallian - Tortonian | Mammal zone: | MN 9-7? |
| Age range of interval: | 13.82000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 54136 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-09-23 11:08:57 | Last modified: | 2022-03-01 13:50:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-09-23 11:08:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14634. | L. Ginsburg, P. Janvier, J. Mornand and D. Pouit. 1979. Decouverte d'un faune de Mammiferes terrestres d'age vallesien dans le falun miocene de Doue-la-fontaine (Maine-et-Loire). Compte Rendu Sommaire des Seances de la Societe Geologique de France 5-6:223-227 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 34893 | G. Bianucci, G. Carone, D. P. Domning, W. Landini, L. Rook and S. Sorbi. 2008. Peri-Messinian dwarfing in Mediterranean Metaxytherium (Mammalia: Sirenia): Evidence of habitat degradation related to the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Garyounis Scientific Bulletin 5:145-157 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 14956 | J.-C. Brocard. 2000. Le genre Hadrodelphis (Cetacea, Kentriodontidae) dans les Faluns Miocenes de L'Ouest de la France. Bulletin de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles de l'Ouest de la France 22(2):92-95 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 18828 | J. Cottreau. 1928. Le Metaxytherium cuvieri du golfe de la Loire. Annales de Paleontologie 17(1):3-20 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 15322 | L. Ginsburg and P. Janvier. 1971. Les mamiferes marins des faluns miocenes de la Touraine et de l'Anjou. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sciences de la Terre 6(22):161-195 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 80391 | E. Spijkerman. 2010. De miocene vertebraten van het Loiregebied (Frankrijk). Afzettingen Wtkg 31(1):18-26 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |