Guimardiere, terrestrial (Miocene of France)

Where: France (47.5° N, 0.1° E: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 1.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: MN3a mammal zone, Orleanian (20.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Gagnaison. 2013. Les assemblages de vertébrés dans deux sites paléontologiques du bassin miocène de Savigné-sur-Lathan/Noyant-sous-le- Lude : La Guimardière et Pelmer (Maine-et-Loire, France). Geodiversitas 35(1):67-103 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 142146: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.04.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
 Rodentia - Castoridae
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Protaceratherium minutum Osborn 1900 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse
 Artiodactyla - Lagomerycidae
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Procervulus dichotomus Gervais 1849 ruminant
Procervulus praelucidus Obergfell 1957 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium guntianum von Meyer 1846 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Andegamerycidae
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
Cainotherium lintillae Baudelot and Crouzel 1974 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Xenohyus venitor Ginsburg 1980 pig
Hyotherium soemmeringi von Meyer 1834 pig
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Pseudocyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851 bear-dog
Amphicyon lathanicus Ginsburg 2000 bear-dog
Pseudarctos bavaricus Schlosser 1899 bear-dog
Cynelos helbingi Dehm 1950 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Ursidae
 Carnivora - Viverridae
 Carnivora - Nimravidae
Prosansanosmilus peregrinus Heizmann et al. 1980 false sabre-tooth
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Pseudaelurus turnauensis" = Styriofelis turnauensis Hoernes 1882 cat