Le Moune, a Castelnau-d'Arbieu (Miocene of France)

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 level is sandwitched between the 'Calcaire d'Auch' and the 'Calcaire inferieur de l'Astarac'

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 32072: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 04.06.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Only mammals are specified, other vertebrates are lumped into a unique list for 3 collections (Birosse, le Moune, and mare)
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Zygolophodon turicensis Schintz 1824 mastodon
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
"Deinotherium bavaricum" = Prodeinotherium bavaricum
"Deinotherium bavaricum" = Prodeinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831 deinothere
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere
 Carnivora -
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Pseudarctos bavaricus Schlosser 1899 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Viverridae
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Protictitherium crassum Deperet 1892 hyaena
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Chalicotherium grande de Blainville 1849 chalicothere
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Brachypotherium brachypus Lartet 1848 rhinoceros
Plesiaceratherium lumiarense Antunes and Ginsburg 1983 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Hyotherium soemmeringi von Meyer 1834 pig
 Artiodactyla -
Taucanamo sansaniensis even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium guntianum von Meyer 1846 chevrotain
Dorcatherium crassum Lartet 1851 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Procervulus dichotomus Gervais 1849 deer
 Artiodactyla - Lagomerycidae
Lagomeryx parvulus Roger 1898 ruminant
Dicrocerus elegans Lartet 1837 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
Cainotherium cf. huerzeleri Heizmann 1983 even-toed ungulate
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mole
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus sp. Pomel 1853 pika
Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon romieviensis Freudenthal 1963 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 bifidus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
 Rodentia - Pseudosciuridae
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Miodyromys cf. aegercii Baudelot 1972 dormouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Heteroxerus grivensis Major 1893 squirrel
Albanensia aff. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 squirrel
Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Steneofiber depereti Mayet 1908 beaver