En Pejouan (Miocene to of France)

Also known as Ampujuan, Simorre

Where: Midi-Pyrenees Region, France (43.5° N, 0.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 0.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 7.2 Ma)

• The 3 levels recognised by Crouzel (1957) at Simorre correspond to 3 major detritic inputs

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Ginsburg and P. Tassy. 1977. Les nouveaux gisements a Mastodontes du Vindobonien moyen de Simorre (Gers). Comptes Rendus sommaires de la Societe geologique de France 1:24-26 [E. Fara/E. Fara/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31775: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 25.05.2003

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Steneofiber cf. depereti Mayet 1908 beaver
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Chalicotherium grande de Blainville 1849 chalicothere
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium cf. crassum Lartet 1851 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
 Artiodactyla - Lagomerycidae
Heteroprox larteti Filhol 1890 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Eotragus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 antelope
 Carnivora - Felidae
Pseudaelurus quadridentatus de Blainville 1843 cat
 Carnivora - Viverridae
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
? Amphicyon major De Blainville 1841 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Hemicyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851 bear
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere