Saint-Gérand-le-Puy (Milne-Edwards coll) (Miocene of France)

Also known as Saint Gérand le Puy

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Indusial Limestone Formation, Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified sandstone

• 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. Likely a brackish/hypersaline lake environment.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Alphonse Milne-Edwards

Primary reference: E. Oustalet. 1870. Recherches sur les insectes fossiles des terrains Tertiaires de la France, première partie, insectes fossiles de l'Auvergne. Annales des Sciences Géologiques, Paris 2(3):1-178 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152490: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.11.2013, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinus arvernensis4
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
? Parvelorius calidris n. sp.3, "Tringa gracilis" = Parvelorius gracilis3, cf. Elorius paludicola3, ? Elorius limosoides n. sp.3
? Parvelorius calidris n. sp.3 De Pietri and Mayr 2012 snipe
"Tringa gracilis" = Parvelorius gracilis3 Milne-Edwards 1868 snipe
Milne-Edwards, 1868
cf. Elorius paludicola3 Milne-Edwards 1868 snipe
? Elorius limosoides n. sp.3 De Pietri and Mayr 2012 snipe
 Charadriiformes -
Laromorphae indet.1, Laricola totanoides1, Laricola desnoyersii1, Laricola elegans1, Laricola intermedia n. sp.1, Laricola robusta n. sp.1, Sternalara milneedwardsi n. sp.1, Sternalara minuta n. gen. n. sp.1
Laromorphae indet.1 De Pietri et al. 2011 shorebird
Laricola totanoides1 Milne-Edwards 1867 shorebird
Laricola desnoyersii1 Milne-Edwards 1863 shorebird
Laricola elegans1 Milne-Edwards 1867 shorebird
Laricola intermedia n. sp.1 De Pietri et al. 2011 shorebird
Laricola robusta n. sp.1 De Pietri et al. 2011 shorebird
Sternalara milneedwardsi n. sp.1 De Pietri et al. 2011 shorebird
Sternalara minuta n. gen. n. sp.1 De Pietri et al. 2011 shorebird
 Charadriiformes - Glareolidae
Becassius charadriioides n. gen. n. sp.3, cf. Becassius charadriioides3
Becassius charadriioides n. gen. n. sp.3 De Pietri and Mayr 2012 shorebird
cf. Becassius charadriioides3 De Pietri and Mayr 2012 shorebird
 Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
cf. Charadriidae indet.2
cf. Charadriidae indet.2 Vigors 1825 lapwing
 Charadriiformes -
Charadrii indet.2, "Totanus lartetianus" = Scolopacimilis lartetianus3
Charadrii indet.2 Huxley 1867 shorebird
"Totanus lartetianus" = Scolopacimilis lartetianus3 Milne-Edwards 1868 shorebird
Milne-Edwards, 1863
Insecta
 Neuroptera - Myrmeleontidae
"Ascalaphus edwardsii n. sp." = Ricartus edwardsi
"Ascalaphus edwardsii n. sp." = Ricartus edwardsi Oustalet 1870 owlfly
 Trichoptera - Limnephilidae
"Phryganea gerandiana n. sp." = Indusia tubulosa
"Phryganea gerandiana n. sp." = Indusia tubulosa Bosc 1805 caddisfly
1De Pietri et al. 2011; 2De Pietri et al. 2013; 3De Pietri and Mayr 2012; 4Lambrecht 1933