St-Gérand-le-Puy (Miocene of France)

Also known as Saint Gérand le Puy

Where: Auvergne, France (46.3° N, 3.5° E: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 1.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: MN 2 mammal zone, Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

• The deposits of St-Gérand-le-Puy are part of the infill of the Limagne Basin, a rift basin the origin of which is related to the alpine orogeny. Sedimentation took place "under more or less humid" climatic conditions (DePietri et al., 2011).

•Original environment entry >>marine indet.<< has been changed accordingly. (TL)

• The deposits of St-Gérand-le-Puy generally consist of calcareous sediments of fluvial and limnic origin (see, e.g., DePietri et al., 2011, J. Vert. Paleont. 31(4)).

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN, NMB

Primary reference: U. B. Gohlich. 2003. The avifauna of the Grund Beds (Middle Miocene, Early Badenian, northern Austria). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 104:237-249 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 125333: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.03.2012, edited by Torsten Liebrecht, Juan Benito Moreno, Terri Cleary, Patricia Holroyd and Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Phoenicopteriformes - Phoenicopteridae
Phoenicopterus croizeti2
Phoenicopterus croizeti2 Gervais 1852 flamingo
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Dendrochen sp.2, Cygnopterus alphonsi n. sp.2
Dendrochen sp.2 Miller 1944 stiff-tailed duck
Cygnopterus alphonsi n. sp.2 Cheneval 1984 goose
 Gaviiformes - Gaviidae
Colymboides minutus2
Colymboides minutus2 Milne-Edwards 1868 loon
 Procellariiformes - Pandiomedeidae
Plotornis arvernensis2
 Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
Grallavis edwardsi3
Grallavis edwardsi3 Lydekker 1891 stork
 Suliformes - Sulidae
Empheresula arvernensis, cf. Empheresula arvernensis2
Empheresula arvernensis Milne-Edwards 1867 booby
cf. Empheresula arvernensis2 Milne-Edwards 1867 booby
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Nectornis miocaenus n. gen.2, "Phalacrocorax littoralis" = Phalacrocorax littoralis, "Graculus littoralis n. sp." = Phalacrocorax littoralis7
Nectornis miocaenus n. gen.2 Milne-Edwards 1868 cormorant
"Phalacrocorax littoralis" = Phalacrocorax littoralis Milne-Edwards 1863 cormorant
"Graculus littoralis n. sp." = Phalacrocorax littoralis7 Milne-Edwards 1863 cormorant
 Pelecaniformes - Pelecanidae
Miopelecanus gracillis n. gen.2
Miopelecanus gracillis n. gen.2 pelican
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Proardeola walkeri2
Proardeola walkeri2 Harrison 1979 heron
 Pelecaniformes - Threskiornithidae
Plegadis paganus2
Plegadis paganus2 Milne-Edwards 1868 ibis
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
cf. Palaeortyx intermedia
cf. Palaeortyx intermedia Ballman 1966 pheasant
Reptilia
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Vipera sp.8
Vipera sp.8 Laurenti 1768 pit viper
"'Vipera aspis complex'", figured specimens are catalogued as MNHN SG 13732 and 13733
 Squamata - Gekkonidae
Gerandogekko arambourgi n. sp.4
Gerandogekko arambourgi n. sp.4 Hoffstetter 1946 gecko
MNHN [specimen number not cited in original description or subsequent published references], a frontal; MNHN, topotypic frontal and maxilla.
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Ptychogaster emydoides1, Ptychogaster pomeli n. sp.6
Ptychogaster emydoides1 Pomel 1847 turtle
Ptychogaster pomeli n. sp.6 Lydekker 1889 turtle
BMNH 30936 (holotype), conjoined epiplastrals; BMNH 30928, conjoined epiplastrals
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp.1, Testudo eurysternum n. sp.6, Testudo promarginata1, Cheirogaster sp.1, Ergilemys sp.1
Testudo sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 turtle
"Testudo sp., groupe promarginata"
Testudo eurysternum n. sp.6 Gervais 1848 turtle
BMNH 30940, partial right epiplastral
Testudo promarginata1 Reinach 1900 turtle
Cheirogaster sp.1 Bergounioux 1935 turtle
Ergilemys sp.1 Ckhikvadze 1972 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp.1
Trionyx sp.1 Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydropsis sp.1
Chelydropsis sp.1 Peters 1868 turtle
Amphibia
 Salientia -
Latonia ragei5
Latonia ragei5 Hossini 1993 frog
Maxilla (MNHN: Sg 16)
1Broin 1977; 2Cheneval 1984; 3Cheneval 1984; 4Daza et al. 2014; 5Hossini 1993; 6Lydekker 1889; 7Milne-Edwards 1863; 8Szyndlar and Rage 1999