Also known as Biros, Castelnau-d'Arbieu
Where: Midi-Pyrenees Region, France (43.9° N, 0.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 0.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MN 5 zone, MN 5 (16.0 - 13.7 Ma)
• The fossiliferous horizon is sandwitched between the 'Calcaire d'Auch' and the 'Calcaire inferieur de l'Astarac'
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, sandy sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: C. Bulot, L. Ginsburg, and P. Tassy. 1992. Le gisement a mammiferes miocenes de Castelnau-d'Arbieu (Gers). Donnees nouvelles et implications biostratigraphiques. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences de Paris 314 (II):533-537 [E. Fara/E. Fara/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32071: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 04.06.2003, edited by David Nicholson
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Mauremys ex gr. sarmatica Purschke 1885 pond turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Zygolophodon turicensis Schintz 1824 mastodon | |
"Deinotherium bavaricum" = Prodeinotherium bavaricum
"Deinotherium bavaricum" = Prodeinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831 deinothere | |
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere | |
Protictitherium crassum Deperet 1892 hyaena | |
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse | |
Chalicotherium grande de Blainville 1849 chalicothere | |
Brachypotherium brachypus Lartet 1848 rhinoceros
Lartetotherium sansaniensis rhinoceros
Plesiaceratherium lumiarense Antunes and Ginsburg 1983 rhinoceros | |
Taucanamo sansaniensis even-toed ungulate | |
Dorcatherium guntianum von Meyer 1846 chevrotain
Dorcatherium crassum Lartet 1851 chevrotain | |
Procervulus dichotomus Gervais 1849 deer | |
Lagomeryx parvulus Roger 1898 ruminant
Dicrocerus elegans Lartet 1837 ruminant | |
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mole | |
Lagopsis penai pika
Amphilagus ulmensis pika
Prolagus sp. Pomel 1853 pika
Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika | |
Democricetodon romieviensis, Megacricetodon aff. collongensis, Fahlbuschia koenigswaldi, Cricetodon meini, Cricetodon aureus, Lartetomys mirabilis, Eumyarion candeloni
Democricetodon romieviensis Freudenthal 1963 mouse
Megacricetodon aff. collongensis Mein 1958 mouse
Fahlbuschia koenigswaldi Freudenthal 1963 mouse
Cricetodon meini Freudenthal 1963 mouse
Cricetodon aureus Mein and Freudenthal 1971 mouse
Lartetomys mirabilis Mein and Freudenthal 1971 mouse
Eumyarion candeloni mouse | |
Pseudosciurus aff. fissurae rodent | |
Miodyromys cf. aegercii Baudelot 1972 dormouse | |
Heteroxerus rubricati, Heteroxerus grivensis, Miopetaurista cf. dehmi, Albanensia aff. sansaniensis, Spermophilinus bredai
Heteroxerus rubricati squirrel
Heteroxerus grivensis Major 1893 squirrel
Miopetaurista cf. dehmi de Bruijn et al. 1980 squirrel
Albanensia aff. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 squirrel
Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel | |
Steneofiber depereti Mayet 1908 beaver |