Bézian (Miocene of France)

Where: Gers, France (44.0° N, 0.5° E: paleocoordinates 44.1° N, 1.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: MN 4 (16.9 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: E.P.J. Heizmann, L. Ginsburg, and C. Bulot. 1980. Prosansanosmilus peregrinus, ein neuer machairodontider Felide aus dem Miocän Deutschlands und Frankreichs. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Ser. B. 58:1-27 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69099: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 19.02.2007, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
"Diplocynodon styriacus" = Diplocynodon ungeri1
"Diplocynodon styriacus" = Diplocynodon ungeri1 Prangner 1845 crocodilian
Skull
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Bransatoglis cadeoti Bulot 1978 dormouse
Glirudinus gracilis Dehm 1950 dormouse
Microdyromys koenigswaldi de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
Pseudodryomys sp. de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
 Rodentia -
Neocometes sp. Schaub and Zapfe 1953 mouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Palaeosciurus sp. Pomel 1853 squirrel
Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel
Miopetaurista sp. Kretzoi 1962 squirrel
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Steneofiber sp. Geoffroy 1833 beaver
small form
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Democricetodon sp." = Copemys Wood 1936 rodent
Eumyarion sp. Thaler 1966 rodent
Megacricetodon primitivus Mein and Freudenthal 1971 rodent
Megacricetodon bavaricus Fahlbusch 1964 rodent
ssp. bezianensis
Melissiodon dominans Dehm 1950 rodent
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
 Carnivora - Ursidae
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Ischyrictis bezaniensis mustelid carnivore
? Mionictis artenensis Ginsburg 1968 otter
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
? Pseudocyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851 bear-dog
Amphicyon giganteus Schinz 1825 bear-dog
? Cynelos schlosseri Dehm 1950 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Pseudaelurus lorteti" = Miopanthera lorteti Gaillard 1899 cat
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Protictitherium gaillardi Forsyth Major 1903 hyaena
 Carnivora - Nimravidae
Prosansanosmilus perigrinus false sabre-tooth
 Carnivora - Palaeogalidae
Palaeogale minuta Gervais 1848 carnivoran
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aceratherium fahlbuschi rhinoceros
subgenus Dromaceratherium
Brachypotherium brachypus Lartet 1848 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
Cainotherium sp. Bravard 1828 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomeryx kaupi von Meyer 1834 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium cf. naui Kaup 1833 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla -
Taucanamo primum2 van der Made 1997 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
"Galerix sp." = Galerix, "Pseudogalerix sp." = Galerix
"Galerix sp." = Galerix Pomel 1848 hedgehog
"Pseudogalerix sp." = Galerix Pomel 1848 hedgehog
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole