Also known as Saint Vidal, St. Vidal
Where: France (45.1° N, 3.8° E: paleocoordinates 45.1° N, 3.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 17 (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• Betweeen Pardines and St Vallier in date (= Late Pliocene, Villanyian, MN 17).
Environment/lithology:
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. Heintz, C. Guerin, R. Martin and F. Prat. 1974. Principaux gisements villafranchiens de France: Listes fauniques et biostratigraphie. Memoires du Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres 78(1):169-182 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 47132: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 15.02.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Archidiskodon meridionalis" = Mammuthus meridionalis
"Archidiskodon meridionalis" = Mammuthus meridionalis Nesti 1825 mammoth 2 tusks (Puy Museum) and 2 molars figured in Bout 1960.
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"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis Cocchi 1867 horse Equus stenonis vireti. 1 metatrasla in Bout's collection (discussed in Prat, 1968).
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Gazella borbonica gazelle |