Ratavoux (Miocene of France)

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

• Blueish clays with intercalations of 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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Occitanomys adroveri, "Apodemus primaevus" = Parapodemus gaudryi
Occitanomys adroveri Thaler 1966 mouse
"Apodemus primaevus" = Parapodemus gaudryi Dames 1883 mouse
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion prostylum Gervais 1849 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Miotragocerus gaudryi Kretzoi 1941 antelope