Where: Midi-Pyrenees Region, France (43.9° N, 0.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 0.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MN 5 zone, MN 5 (16.0 - 13.7 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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Deinotherium bavaricum" = Prodeinotherium bavaricum
"Deinotherium bavaricum" = Prodeinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831 deinothere | |
Zygolophodon turicensis Schintz 1824 mastodon | |
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere | |
Eumyarion candeloni, Eumyarion bifidus, Lartetomys mirabilis, Megacricetodon aff. collongensis, Fahlbuschia koenigswaldi, Cricetodon aureus, Cricetodon meini, Democricetodon romieviensis
Eumyarion candeloni rodent
Eumyarion bifidus Fahlbusch 1964 rodent
Lartetomys mirabilis Mein and Freudenthal 1971 rodent
Megacricetodon aff. collongensis Mein 1958 rodent
Fahlbuschia koenigswaldi Freudenthal 1963 rodent
Cricetodon aureus Mein and Freudenthal 1971 rodent
Cricetodon meini Freudenthal 1963 rodent
Democricetodon romieviensis Freudenthal 1963 rodent | |
Pseudosciurus aff. fissurae rodent | |
Heteroxerus rubricati squirrel
Heteroxerus grivensis Major 1893 squirrel
Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel
Albanensia aff. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 squirrel | |
Miodyromys cf. aegercii Baudelot 1972 dormouse | |
Steneofiber depereti Mayet 1908 beaver | |
Prolagus sp. Pomel 1853 pika
Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika
Lagopsis penai pika
Amphilagus ulmensis pika | |
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mole | |
Proputorius cf. pusillus carnivoran | |
Pseudarctos bavaricus Schlosser 1899 bear-dog
"Amphicyon" steinheimensis bear-dog | |
Protictitherium crassum Deperet 1892 hyaena | |
Semigenetta cf. repelini civet | |
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse | |
Lartetotherium sansaniensis rhinoceros
Brachypotherium brachypus Lartet 1848 rhinoceros
Plesiaceratherium lumiarense Antunes and Ginsburg 1983 rhinoceros | |
Chalicotherium grande de Blainville 1849 chalicothere | |
Cainotherium cf. huerzeleri Heizmann 1983 even-toed ungulate | |
Dorcatherium crassum Lartet 1851 chevrotain
Dorcatherium guntianum von Meyer 1846 chevrotain | |
Lagomeryx parvulus Roger 1898 ruminant
Dicrocerus elegans Lartet 1837 ruminant | |
Procervulus dichotomus Gervais 1849 ruminant
Palaeomeryx lathanensis ruminant | |
Hyotherium soemmeringi von Meyer 1834 pig | |
Taucanamo sansaniensis even-toed ungulate |