Chilhac, Haute Loire (Auvergne), France (Pleistocene of France)

Also known as Chilhac 1 Chilhac I Chillac

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN 17 (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• Late Pliocene, Villafranchian, Villanyian.

Environment/lithology:

Collection methods: This site was first discovered in 1875. In 1970 two further sites were discovered which are now designated Chilhac 2 and 3.

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: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47624: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 28.02.2005

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Taxonomic list

• Bout (1960) is an unpublished PhD thesis. The faunal list is given in Bonifay, 1991. The original list also gives Hyaena sp., cf. Capreolus sp. and Deperetia ardea DEP. These are not listed by Heintz and have probably been revised. The specimens referred to these species are not discussed in Heintz et al. 1974, whereas all the others can be assigned to updated genera.
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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Archidiskodon meridonalis" = Mammuthus
"Archidiskodon meridonalis" = Mammuthus mammoth
from Bout (1960)
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus arvernensis
Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere
from Bout (1960).
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus etruscus
Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros
from Bout (1960)
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis Cocchi 1867 horse
Equus stenonis vireti.
 Artiodactyla -
Ruminantia indet.
Ruminantia indet. ruminant
from Bout (1960)
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
"Cervus philisi" = Metacervocerus philisi, Croizetoceros ramosus, Eucladoceros senezensis
"Cervus philisi" = Metacervocerus philisi Mennecart et al. 2017 deer
from Bout (1960)
Croizetoceros ramosus Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer
Croizetoceros ramosus minor
Eucladoceros senezensis deer
from Bout (1960)
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gallogoral meneghinii, Gazellospira torticornis
Gallogoral meneghinii antelope
from Bout (1960)
 Carnivora - Felidae
Megantereon megantereon
Megantereon megantereon Croizet and Jobert 1828 cat
 Carnivora - Canidae
Nyctereutes megamastoides, Canis sp.
Nyctereutes megamastoides Pomel 1842 raccoon dog
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus etruscus
Ursus etruscus Cuvier 1823 bear