Polastron: Middle Miocene, France
collected 1980

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Lissamphibia indet. Haeckel 1866
Reptilia
Gavialosuchus sp. Toula and Kail 1885
Musee de Gimont no. PNB 76 (left maxilla fragment)
Reptilia - Ophidia
Ophidia indet. Latreille 1804
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo canetotiana Lartet 1851
recombined as Paleotestudo canetotiana
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
synonym of Testudines
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831
recombined as Prodeinotherium bavaricum
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837
Mammalia - Carnivora
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821
Small individual
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyon major De Blainville 1841
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Aceratherium tetradactylum (Lartet 1837)
recombined as Hoploaceratherium tetradactylum
Mammalia - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium guntianum von Meyer 1846
Dorcatherium crassum Lartet 1851
Mammalia - Moschidae
Micromeryx sansaniensis
Mammalia - Lagomerycidae
Dicrocerus elegans Lartet 1837
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomeryx sp. von Meyer 1834
Mammalia - Cainotheriidae
Cainotherium cf. miocoenicum
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpidae indet. (Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Lagopsis sp. Schlosser 1894
Prolagus oeningensis (König 1825)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Fahlbuschia sp. Mein and Freudenthal 1971
Cricetodon sansaniensis Lartet 1851
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Heteroxerus cf. grivensis Major 1893
Spermophilinus bredai (von Meyer 1848)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Steneofiber cf. depereti Mayet 1908
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Gers
Coordinates: 43.5° North, 0.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.7° North, 0.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Middle Miocene
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:1980 onwards
Taxonomic list comments:Musee de Gimont
Metadata
Database number:143472
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-04-24 00:20:57 Last modified:2013-04-23 09:20:57
Access level:the public Released:2013-04-24 00:20:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
46485. E. Buffetaut, F. Crouzel, F. Juillard and F. Stigliani. 1984. Le crocodilien longirostre Gavialosuchus dans le Miocene moyen de Polastron (Gers, France). Geobios 17(1):113-117 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]