Where: France (43.6° N, 3.9° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 3.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: MN 14 zone, Sables à Gryphaea virleti Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• MN 14 according to Bianucci et al 2008
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. Gennevaux and F. Roman. 1922. Monographie Paléontologique de La faune de vertebres des sables de Montpellier I. Les Baleinopteres. Travauz du laboratoire de geologie de la Faculte des Sciences de Lyon 2(2):5-40 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 56693: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.11.2005, edited by Jelle Zijlstra and David Nicholson
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Physeter antiquus n. sp.9
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"Balaenoptera prisca" = Siphonocetus priscus Leidy 1851 whale | |
Paracervulus christoli n. sp.3 Dong 1996 deer 4 antlers (including holotype UM 4052), 17 dentures, 4 limb bones
Cervavitus cauvieri n. sp.3 de Christol 1832 deer Lectotype antler (UM055); two fragments of one antler (UM4083, UM4063); maxillary fragment with P3-M3 (UM4099); left mandible with P2-M1 (UM4055). Said to be from "Marnes superposées aux sables marins pliocènes des environs de Montpellier (MN 14).", which may or may not be the same place as other taxa listed here.
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"Phoca occitana n. sp." = Pristiphoca occitana5
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Reptilia | |
Mauremys sp.6 Gray 1870 pond turtle Listed by Bergounioux 1933 as "Clemmys sophiae var monspessulana"
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Actinopteri | |
Encheiziphius teretirostris n. gen. n. sp.8
Encheiziphius teretirostris n. gen. n. sp.8 Rutimeyer 1857 |