PBDB Collection

Le Moune, a Castelnau-d'Arbieu (Miocene of France)

Where: Midi-Pyrenees Region, France (43.9° N, 0.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 41.3° N, 2.9° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MN 5 zone, MN 5 (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• The fossiliferous level is sandwitched between the 'Calcaire d'Auch' and the 'Calcaire inferieur de l'Astarac'

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, sandy sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32072: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 04.06.2003

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Taxonomic list

• Only mammals are specified, other vertebrates are lumped into a unique list for 3 collections (Birosse, le Moune, and mare)

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Mammalia
Soricomorpha - Talpidae	Proscapanus sansaniensis Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mole
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Protictitherium crassum Protictitherium crassum Deperet 1892 hyaena
Carnivora - Viverridae	Semigenetta cf. repelini Semigenetta cf. repelini civet
Carnivora -	Proputorius cf. pusillus Proputorius cf. pusillus carnivoran
Carnivora - Amphicyonidae	Pseudarctos bavaricus, "Amphicyon" steinheimensis Pseudarctos bavaricus Schlosser 1899 bear-dog "Amphicyon" steinheimensis bear-dog
Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae	Cainotherium cf. huerzeleri Cainotherium cf. huerzeleri Heizmann 1983 even-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae	Procervulus dichotomus, Palaeomeryx lathanensis Procervulus dichotomus Gervais 1849 ruminant Palaeomeryx lathanensis ruminant
Artiodactyla - Lagomerycidae	Dicrocerus elegans, Lagomeryx parvulus Dicrocerus elegans Lartet 1837 ruminant Lagomeryx parvulus Roger 1898 ruminant
Artiodactyla - Tragulidae	Dorcatherium guntianum, Dorcatherium crassum Dorcatherium guntianum von Meyer 1846 chevrotain Dorcatherium crassum Lartet 1851 chevrotain
Artiodactyla -	Taucanamo sansaniensis Taucanamo sansaniensis even-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Hyotherium soemmeringi Hyotherium soemmeringi von Meyer 1834 pig
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Anchitherium aurelianense Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse
Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae	Chalicotherium grande Chalicotherium grande de Blainville 1849 chalicothere
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Plesiaceratherium lumiarense, Brachypotherium brachypus, Lartetotherium sansaniensis Plesiaceratherium lumiarense Antunes and Ginsburg 1983 rhinoceros Brachypotherium brachypus Lartet 1848 rhinoceros Lartetotherium sansaniensis rhinoceros
Rodentia - Gliridae	Miodyromys cf. aegercii Miodyromys cf. aegercii Baudelot 1972 dormouse
Rodentia - Pseudosciuridae	Pseudosciurus aff. fissurae Pseudosciurus aff. fissurae rodent
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Albanensia aff. sansaniensis, Heteroxerus rubricati, Heteroxerus grivensis, Spermophilinus bredai Albanensia aff. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 squirrel Heteroxerus rubricati squirrel Heteroxerus grivensis Major 1893 squirrel Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel
Rodentia - Castoridae	Steneofiber depereti Steneofiber depereti Mayet 1908 beaver
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Lartetomys mirabilis, Eumyarion candeloni, Eumyarion bifidus, Democricetodon romieviensis, Cricetodon meini, Cricetodon aureus, Fahlbuschia koenigswaldi, Megacricetodon aff. collongensis Lartetomys mirabilis Mein and Freudenthal 1971 rodent Eumyarion candeloni rodent Eumyarion bifidus Fahlbusch 1964 rodent Democricetodon romieviensis Freudenthal 1963 rodent Cricetodon meini Freudenthal 1963 rodent Cricetodon aureus Mein and Freudenthal 1971 rodent Fahlbuschia koenigswaldi Freudenthal 1963 rodent Megacricetodon aff. collongensis Mein 1958 rodent
Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae	Prolagus sp., Prolagus oeningensis, Lagopsis penai, Amphilagus ulmensis Prolagus sp. Pomel 1853 pika Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika Lagopsis penai pika Amphilagus ulmensis pika
Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae	Gomphotherium angustidens Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere
Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae	"Deinotherium bavaricum" = Prodeinotherium bavaricum "Deinotherium bavaricum" = Prodeinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831 deinothere
Proboscidea - Mammutidae	Zygolophodon turicensis Zygolophodon turicensis Schintz 1824 mastodon