Rosieres, Cher (Pleistocene of France)

Where: France (47.2° N, 2.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.2° N, 2.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Early Middle Pleistocene, Late Cromerian to Early Mindel (roughly 0.85-0.7Ma).

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Studied by Stehlin in 1912. Relative lack of temperate fauna suggests it is a cold phase fauna (hence assigned to the Mindel).

Primary reference: M. F. Bonifay. 1973. Principaux gisements paleontologiques Francais du Pleistocene Moyen: Essai de classification. Le Quaternaire 41-50 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 49092: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 08.04.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Cuon stehlini" = Xenocyon lycaonoides
"Cuon stehlini" = Xenocyon lycaonoides Kretzoi 1938 canine
 Carnivora - Felidae
Lynx sp. Kerr 1792 lynx
large size.
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus cf. suessenbornensis" = Equus (Sussemionus) suessenbornensis
"Equus cf. suessenbornensis" = Equus (Sussemionus) suessenbornensis Wüst 1901 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros sp. Linnaeus 1758 one-horned rhinoceros
Rhinoceros mercki or etruscus.
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus sp. Linnaeus 1758 pig
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
"Megaceros dupuisi" = Megaloceros
"Megaceros dupuisi" = Megaloceros Irish elk
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bos sp. Linnaeus 1758 ox