Also known as les Buissoneaux
Where: Maine-et-Loire, France (47.5° N, 0.0° W: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 1.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: L. Ginsburg and M. Bonneau. 1995. La succession des faunes de mammiferes miocenes de Pontigne (Maine-et-Loire, France). Bulletin de Musee national Histoire naturell 4(2-4):313-328 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 148396: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.07.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Zygolophodon turicensis Schintz 1824 mastodon | |
"Deinotherium bavaricum" = Prodeinotherium bavaricum
"Deinotherium bavaricum" = Prodeinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831 deinothere | |
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Gomphotherium subtapiroides gomphothere
cf. Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere | |
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Metaxytherium medium Desmarest 1822 dugong | |
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Pliopithecus pivetaui monkey | |
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Anchitheriomys wiedmanni beaver | |
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? Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika | |
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Proscapanus cf. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mole | |
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Amphicyon bohemicus bear-dog
Pseudocyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851 bear-dog | |
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Ursavus brevirhinus Hofmann 1887 bear | |
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Martes cf. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 marten | |
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Potamotherium miocenicum Peters 1868 carnivoran | |
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Phocanella couffoni Friant 1947 seal | |
"Pseudaelurus lorteti" = Miopanthera lorteti, "Pseudaelurus turnauensis" = Styriofelis turnauensis
"Pseudaelurus lorteti" = Miopanthera lorteti Gaillard 1899 cat
"Pseudaelurus turnauensis" = Styriofelis turnauensis Hoernes 1882 cat | |
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Palaeomeryx lathanensis ruminant | |
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Amphimoschus pontileviensis Bourgeois 1873 ruminant | |
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Dorcatherium peneckei Hoffmann 1892 chevrotain
Dorcatherium crassum Lartet 1851 chevrotain | |
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Taucanamo sansaniensis even-toed ungulate | |
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Hyotherium soemmeringi von Meyer 1834 pig | |
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Schizodelphis sulcatus Gervais 1853 toothed whale | |
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"Gargantuodon ligerensis n. gen. n. sp." = Orycterocetus crocodilinus1
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Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse | |
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Lartetotherium sansaniensis rhinoceros
Prosantorhinus douvillei Osborn 1902 rhinoceros
Plesiaceratherium lumiarense Antunes and Ginsburg 1983 rhinoceros | |
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Chalicotherium grande de Blainville 1849 chalicothere | |