Chilhac 2 (Pleistocene of France)

Where: Auvergne Region, France (45.1° N, 3.5° E: paleocoordinates 45.2° N, 3.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: MN 17 level zone, MN 17 (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Apparently this collection is subdivided into Chilhac 2a and 2b

Primary reference: M. Beden and C. Guth. 1970. Nouvelles decouvertes de restes de mammiferes dans le gisement villafranchien de Chilhac (Haute-Loire). Comptes rendus de l'Academie des Sciences de Paris, Serie D 270:2065-2067 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32105: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 05.06.2003, edited by Hannah O'Regan

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Taxonomic list

• incomplete
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas meridionalis" = Mammuthus meridionalis
"Elephas meridionalis" = Mammuthus meridionalis Nesti 1825 mammoth
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere
 Carnivora - Felidae
Megantereon megantereon Croizet and Jobert 1828 cat
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus etruscus Cuvier 1823 bear
 Carnivora - Canidae
Nyctereutes megamastoides Pomel 1842 raccoon dog
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis Cocchi 1867 horse
subspecies vireti
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Eucladoceros senezensis deer
subspecies depereti
"Cervus philisi" = Metacervocerus philisi Mennecart et al. 2017 deer
subspecies schaubi
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine