Where: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (43.6° N, 5.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 3.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• Bed rests discordantly under the La Trévaresse limestones (Aquitanian). Fossil bed in upper part of this formation, beneath overlying Quaternary deposits. Considered Late Burdigalian - N7/NN4
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lenticular, pebbly sandstone
Size class: mesofossils
Collected by J. P. Aguilar
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• Discovered by J. P. Aguilar.
Primary reference: D. Lalaï. 1986. Nouvelles faunes de rongeurs de la fin du Miocène inférieur en Provence. Implications géologiques et paléogéographiques. Palaeovertebrata 16(2):77-126 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 37238: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 08.03.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
"Lamellibranchia indet." = Autobranchia
"Lamellibranchia indet." = Autobranchia Groblen 1894 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Actinopteri | |
Sparidae indet. Cuvier 1817 | |
Mammalia | |
Galerix exilis de Blainville 1839 hedgehog | |
Lagomorpha indet. Brandt 1885 placental | |
Democricetodon aff. mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 rodent
Megacricetodon aff. bavaricus Fahlbusch 1964 rodent | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Dasyatis ex gr. margarita whiptail stingray | |
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish | |
Rhizoprionodon fischeuri sharpnose shark
Isogomphodon acuarius daggernose shark | |
Galeorhinus ? sp. de Blainville and Prévost 1816 school shark |