Also known as Cucuron
Where: Vaucluse, France (43.8° N, 5.5° E: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 4.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MN12 mammal zone, Ravin de Ratavoux Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• MN 12, Tortonien, Upper Miocene
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; blue claystone and lignite
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: B. Ménouret. 2014. Gisements paléontologiques à mammifères ou empreintes de pas de mammifères du Parc naturel régional du Luberon. Courrier scientifique du Parc naturel régional du Luberon et de la Réserve de biosphère Luberon-Lure 12:56-74 [P. Coster/P. Coster]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 201499: authorized by Pauline Coster, entered by Pauline Coster on 10.05.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Occitanomys adroveri, "Apodemus primaevus" = Parapodemus gaudryi
Occitanomys adroveri Thaler 1966 mouse
"Apodemus primaevus" = Parapodemus gaudryi Dames 1883 mouse | |
Hipparion prostylum Gervais 1849 hipparionine horse | |
Miotragocerus gaudryi Kretzoi 1941 antelope |