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
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
| Mammalia | |
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Zygolophodon turicensis Schintz 1824 mastodon | |
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Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere | |
"Deinotherium bavaricum" = Prodeinotherium bavaricum
"Deinotherium bavaricum" = Prodeinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831 deinothere | |
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Prolagus sp. Pomel 1853 pika
Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika
Lagopsis penai pika
Amphilagus ulmensis pika | |
Eumyarion candeloni, Eumyarion bifidus, Lartetomys mirabilis, Democricetodon romieviensis, Megacricetodon aff. collongensis, Cricetodon aureus, Cricetodon meini, Fahlbuschia koenigswaldi
Eumyarion candeloni mouse
Eumyarion bifidus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Lartetomys mirabilis Mein and Freudenthal 1971 mouse
Democricetodon romieviensis Freudenthal 1963 mouse
Megacricetodon aff. collongensis Mein 1958 mouse
Cricetodon aureus Mein and Freudenthal 1971 mouse
Cricetodon meini Freudenthal 1963 mouse
Fahlbuschia koenigswaldi Freudenthal 1963 mouse | |
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Steneofiber depereti Mayet 1908 beaver | |
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Pseudosciurus aff. fissurae rodent | |
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Heteroxerus rubricati squirrel
Heteroxerus grivensis Major 1893 squirrel
Albanensia aff. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 squirrel
Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel | |
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Miodyromys cf. aegercii Baudelot 1972 dormouse | |
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Proputorius cf. pusillus carnivoran | |
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"Amphicyon" steinheimensis bear-dog
Pseudarctos bavaricus Schlosser 1899 bear-dog | |
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Semigenetta cf. repelini civet | |
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Protictitherium crassum Deperet 1892 hyaena | |
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Palaeomeryx lathanensis ruminant | |
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Procervulus dichotomus Gervais 1849 deer | |
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Dicrocerus elegans Lartet 1837 ruminant
Lagomeryx parvulus Roger 1898 ruminant | |
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Dorcatherium crassum Lartet 1851 chevrotain
Dorcatherium guntianum von Meyer 1846 chevrotain | |
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Cainotherium cf. huerzeleri Heizmann 1983 even-toed ungulate | |
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Taucanamo sansaniensis even-toed ungulate | |
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Hyotherium soemmeringi von Meyer 1834 pig | |
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Lartetotherium sansaniensis rhinoceros
Brachypotherium brachypus Lartet 1848 rhinoceros
Plesiaceratherium lumiarense Antunes and Ginsburg 1983 rhinoceros | |
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Chalicotherium grande de Blainville 1849 chalicothere | |
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Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse | |
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Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mole | |