PBDB Collection

Chilhac, Haute Loire (Auvergne), France (Pleistocene of France)

Also known as Chilhac 1 Chilhac I Chillac

Where: Auvergne, France (45.2° N, 3.5° E: paleocoordinates 45.2° N, 3.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN 17 (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• Late Pliocene, Villafranchian, Villanyian.

Environment/lithology:

Collection methods: This site was first discovered in 1875. In 1970 two further sites were discovered which are now designated Chilhac 2 and 3.

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: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47624: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 28.02.2005

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Taxonomic list

• Bout (1960) is an unpublished PhD thesis. The faunal list is given in Bonifay, 1991. The original list also gives Hyaena sp., cf. Capreolus sp. and Deperetia ardea DEP. These are not listed by Heintz and have probably been revised. The specimens referred to these species are not discussed in Heintz et al. 1974, whereas all the others can be assigned to updated genera.

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Mammalia
Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae	Anancus arvernensis Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere from Bout (1960).
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	"Archidiskodon meridonalis" = Mammuthus "Archidiskodon meridonalis" = Mammuthus mammoth from Bout (1960)
Carnivora - Canidae	Canis sp., Nyctereutes megamastoides Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine Nyctereutes megamastoides Pomel 1842 raccoon dog
Carnivora - Ursidae	Ursus etruscus Ursus etruscus Cuvier 1823 bear
Carnivora - Felidae	Megantereon megantereon Megantereon megantereon Croizet and Jobert 1828 cat
Perissodactyla - Equidae	"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis "Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis Cocchi 1867 horse Equus stenonis vireti.
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Stephanorhinus etruscus Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros from Bout (1960)
Artiodactyla -	Ruminantia indet. Ruminantia indet. ruminant from Bout (1960)
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Croizetoceros ramosus, "Cervus philisi" = Metacervocerus philisi, Eucladoceros senezensis Croizetoceros ramosus Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer Croizetoceros ramosus minor "Cervus philisi" = Metacervocerus philisi Mennecart et al. 2017 deer from Bout (1960) Eucladoceros senezensis deer from Bout (1960)
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Gazellospira torticornis, Gallogoral meneghinii Gazellospira torticornis antelope Gallogoral meneghinii antelope from Bout (1960)