Where: Auvergne Region, France (45.1° N, 3.5° E: paleocoordinates 45.2° N, 3.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: MN 17 level zone, MN 17 (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Apparently this collection is subdivided into Chilhac 2a and 2b
Primary reference: M. Beden and C. Guth. 1970. Nouvelles decouvertes de restes de mammiferes dans le gisement villafranchien de Chilhac (Haute-Loire). Comptes rendus de l'Academie des Sciences de Paris, Serie D 270:2065-2067 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32105: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 05.06.2003, edited by Hannah O'Regan
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere | |
"Elephas meridionalis" = Mammuthus meridionalis
"Elephas meridionalis" = Mammuthus meridionalis Nesti 1825 mammoth | |
Nyctereutes megamastoides Pomel 1842 raccoon dog | |
Ursus etruscus Cuvier 1823 bear | |
Megantereon megantereon Croizet and Jobert 1828 cat | |
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis
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Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros | |
"Cervus philisi" = Metacervocerus philisi, Eucladoceros senezensis
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Gazellospira torticornis antelope
? Gallogoral meneghinii antelope | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine |