Also known as La Rochelambert
Where: Haute-Loire, France (45.4° N, 3.6° E: paleocoordinates 45.4° N, 3.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 17 (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• between Pardines and St Vallier (= Late Pliocene, Villanyian, MN17).
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Site found in 1950 by P. Bout.
Primary reference: E. Heintz, C. Guerin, R. Martin and F. Prat. 1974. Principaux gisements villafranchiens de France: Listes fauniques et biostratigraphie. Memoires du Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres 78(1):169-182 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 47133: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 15.02.2005, edited by Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere 1 unciform (Pp 187, Bale Museum), attributed to Anancus by Schaub and Viret (1951).
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Stephanorhinus etruscus3 Falconer 1868 rhinoceros 1 right unciform and 1 right trapezoid, in Lyon Museum.
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"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis Cocchi 1867 horse Equus stenonis cf. vireti. 1 third metacarpal (Pp 193), 1 distal humerus fragment (Pp 190) Bale Museum.
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Gazella borbonica gazelle | |
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Homotherium crenatidens Fabrini 1890 cat long bones, in particular a femur (pp 185) and an ulna (PP 186) in Bale Museum.
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