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