Mailhat (Oligocene of France)

Also known as Malhat; Croix de Saint-Vernet

Where: Puy-de-Dôme, France (45.5° N, 3.3° E: paleocoordinates 45.2° N, 0.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 28 (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: B. Mennecart. 2015. The European Ruminants during the "Microbunodon Event" (MP28, Latest Oligocene): Impact of Climate Changes and Faunal Event on the Ruminant Evolution. PLoS ONE 10(2):e0116830:1-28 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 184042: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 27.01.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla -
Dremotherium cf. guthi Jehenne 1987 ruminant
MNHN LIM154
 Artiodactyla - Lophiomerycidae
Lophiomeryx chalaniati Pomel 1853 ruminant
MNHN LIM148 and 150
 Artiodactyla - Gelocidae
Bachitherium cf. lavocati Sudre 1986 ruminant
MNHN LIM157