Where: Gers, France (43.5° N, 0.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 0.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected in 1980 onwards
Primary reference: E. Buffetaut, F. Crouzel, F. Juillard and F. Stigliani. 1984. Le crocodilien longirostre Gavialosuchus dans le Miocene moyen de Polastron (Gers, France). Geobios 17(1):113-117 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 143472: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 24.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gnathostomata | |
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish | |
Reptilia | |
Ophidia indet. snake | |
Gavialosuchus sp. Toula and Kail 1885 crocodilian Musee de Gimont no. PNB 76 (left maxilla fragment)
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"Testudo canetotiana" = Paleotestudo canetotiana
"Testudo canetotiana" = Paleotestudo canetotiana Lartet 1851 turtle | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere | |
"Deinotherium bavaricum" = Prodeinotherium bavaricum
"Deinotherium bavaricum" = Prodeinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831 deinothere | |
Heteroxerus cf. grivensis Major 1893 squirrel
Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel | |
Steneofiber cf. depereti Mayet 1908 beaver | |
Cricetodon sansaniensis Lartet 1851 rodent
Fahlbuschia sp. Mein and Freudenthal 1971 rodent | |
Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika
Lagopsis sp. Schlosser 1894 pika | |
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Amphicyon major De Blainville 1841 bear-dog | |
Rhinocerotidae indet., "Aceratherium tetradactylum" = Hoploaceratherium tetradactylum
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
"Aceratherium tetradactylum" = Hoploaceratherium tetradactylum Lartet 1837 rhinoceros | |
Cainotherium cf. miocoenicum even-toed ungulate | |
Micromeryx sansaniensis musk deer | |
Palaeomeryx sp. von Meyer 1834 ruminant | |
Dicrocerus elegans Lartet 1837 ruminant | |
Dorcatherium crassum Lartet 1851 chevrotain
Dorcatherium guntianum von Meyer 1846 chevrotain | |
Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole | |
Amphibia | |
Lissamphibia indet. tetrapod |