Meigné-Les Cours (Miocene to of France)

Where: France (47.5° N, 0.1° E: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 1.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: MN 3 to MN 3 (20.0 - 13.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Gagnaison, J.-C. Gagnaison, and J.-P. Harmann. 2009. Les fossiles de mammifères miocènes de la colletion de J.-P. Hartmann conservés dans le Musée du Savignéen. Symbioses 23:1-16 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 191827: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.02.2018

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Steneofiber depereti Mayet 1908 beaver
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Procervulus praelucidus Obergfell 1957 deer
Procervulus dichotomus Gervais 1849 deer
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomeryx kaupi von Meyer 1834 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Andegamerycidae
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium crassum Lartet 1851 chevrotain
Dorcatherium guntianum von Meyer 1846 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Xenohyus venitor Ginsburg 1980 pig
Hyotherium soemmeringi von Meyer 1834 pig
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse