Where: Midi-Pyrenees, France (43.5° N, 0.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 0.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; unlithified, gray, blue claystone and marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: E. Lartet. 1836. [Lettre de E. Lartet a M. Michelin au sujet de la localité de Sansan (Gers), en lecture a la seance du 16 Mai 1836]. Bulletin de la Societe geologique de France 1(7):217-220 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32191: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 09.06.2003, edited by Susanna Kümmell, Chris Bell, Matthew Carrano, Patricia Holroyd, Evangelos Vlachos, Mark Uhen, Bethany Allen, Terri Cleary and Torsten Liebrecht
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Edlartetia sansaniensis n. gen.1 Augé and Rage 2000 squamates neotype designated as MNHN Sa 23595, an incomplete right dentary
Lacerta sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 squamates 265 dentaries entered as Lacerta sp. 1; 54 dentaries entered as Lacerta sp. 2
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Gekkonidae indet.1 Gray 1825 gecko 17 maxilla or dentary fragments; 34 trunk vertebrae; 4 caudal vertebrae
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Vipera aegertica n. sp.1 pit viper Holotype (Sa 23714) one trunk vertebra; also 20 referred vertebrae
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Palaeonatrix lehmani1, Palaeonatrix (aff. Palaeonatrix) lehmani1, Natricinae indet.1, Neonatrix natricoides n. sp.1, Neonatrix europaea1, Paleoheterodon arcuatus1, Colubrinae indet.1, Coluber pouchetii1, Coluber (aff. Coluber) pouchetii1, Texasophis meini1, Elaphe sp.1
Neonatrix natricoides n. sp.1 colubrid snake Holotype MNHN Sa 23683, one mid-trunk vertebra; 79 referred vertebrae
Colubrinae indet.1 Oppel 1811 colubrid snake includes "Colubrinae incertae sedis nomen dubium" applied to Scaptophis Rochebrune, 1880; also includes 103 indeterminate vertebrae
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? Scincidae sp.1 Gray 1825 skink 18 dentaries entered as ? Scincidae sp. 1; one dentary entered as ? Scincidae sp. 2
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Anguimorpha indet.1 squamates ; published as Anguimorpha incertae sedis; 1 anterior left dentary fragment
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Ophisaurus sp.1 Daudin 1803 glass lizard 24 jaw elements (maxillae or dentary fragments) entered as Ophisaurus sp. 1; 5 jas elements (maxillae or dentary fragments) entered as Ophisaurus sp. 2
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"Anas sansaniensis" = Chenoanas sansaniensis16
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"Ptychogaster sansaniensis" = Ocadia sansaniensis6, "Ocadia sansaniensis n. sp." = Ocadia sansaniensis10, Ptychogaster cf. batalleri6, Clemmydopsis turnauensis6
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Broilia robusta n. gen. n. sp.3, "Trionyx sansaniensis n. sp." = Chelydropsis murchisoni2, Leptochelys braneti n. gen. n. sp.3
Broilia robusta n. gen. n. sp.3 Bergounioux and Crouzel 1965 turtle MNHN SA uncat. (lectotype), a string of “caudal” vertebrae
Leptochelys braneti n. gen. n. sp.3 Bergounioux and Crouzel 1965 turtle MNHN SA2023 (holotype), a partial hyo/hypoplastron
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"Trilophodon angustidens" = Tetrabelodon angustidens7
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"Deinotherium levius" = Deinotherium giganteum7
"Deinotherium levius" = Deinotherium giganteum7 Kaup 1829 deinothere entered as "Dinotherium levius"
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"Cricetodon minus" = Democricetodon minor7, "Cricetodon cf. breve" = Democricetodon brevis7, Eumyarion medius8, Megacricetodon minor5, Cricetodon helveticus7, Cricetodon gaillardi7, Cricetodon cf. affine7, Cricetodon sansaniensis7
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Mustelinae indet.7, "Lutra dubia" = Lartetictis dubia9, Ischyrictis zibethoides7, Martes muncki7, Martes sansaniensis7, Melidellavus leptorhynchus7, Mionictis dubia7, Taxodon sansaniensis7
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Dicerorhinus sansaniensis7, Brachypotherium brachypus7, "Aceratherium tetradactylum" = Hoploaceratherium tetradactylum7
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"Chiroptera" "I nov. gen. nov. sp. (Ginsburg 1964)"7, "Chiroptera" "II ("Vespertilio" noctuloides Lartet)(Ginsburg 1964)(Ginsburg 1964)"7, "Chiroptera" "III ("Vespertilio" murinoides Lartet) (Ginsburg 1964)"7
"Chiroptera" "II ("Vespertilio" noctuloides Lartet)(Ginsburg 1964)(Ginsburg 1964)"7 Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
Amphibia | |
Albanerpeton inexpectatum14 Estes and Hoffstetter 1976 tetrapod Sa 23401 - Sa 23403, Sa 23404a, Sa 23405, Sa 23407 - Sa 23409
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Gastropoda | |
Ancilla sp. Lamarck 1799 olive snail | |
Lymnaea aff. stagnalis snail | |
Planorbis sp. Muller 1774 snail | |
Bulimus lubricus Müller 1774 snail | |
Cyclostoma elegans | |
Cyclostoma elegans Muller 1774 |