Aubenas-les-Alpes: MP 25, France
collected by Deydier; B. Menouret

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Boidea indet.
Ménouret 2014
Reptilia
Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847
Ménouret 2014
Scincomorpha indet. Camp 1923
Ménouret 2014
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguinae indet. Gray 1825
Ménouret 2014
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
Ménouret 2014
synonym of Testudines
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ronzotherium romani
Ménouret et al. 2015
Molassitherium albigense (Roman 1912)
Ménouret et al. 2015
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
Cadurcotherium cayluxi Gervais 1873
Ménouret et al. 2015
Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracotherium magnum Cuvier 1822
Pickford 2016
Elomeryx crispus Gervais 1849
Pickford 2016
Mammalia - Lophiomerycidae
Lophiomeryx chalanitani
Ménouret 2014
Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae
Nimravus intermedius Filhol 1872
Ménouret et al. 2015
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyonidae indet. Haeckel 1886
Ménouret et al. 2015
3.004.736
Mammalia - Talpidae
Myxomygale vauclusensis Crochet 1995
Ménouret 2014
recombined as Percymygale vauclusensis
Mammalia - Soricidae
Srinitium marteli Hugueney 1976
Ménouret 2014
Mammalia - Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Archaeomys gervaisi Thaler 1966
Ménouret 2014
Theridomys lembronicus Bravard 1852
Blainvillimys blainvillei Gervais 1848
Ménouret 2014
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eucricetodon huberi (Schaub 1925)
Vianey-Liaud 1972
recombined as Atavocricetodon huberi
Pseudocricetodon montalbanensis Thaler 1969
Vianey-Liaud 1972
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Pseudodryomys sp. de Bruijn 1966
Ménouret 2014
Gliravus cf. bruijni Hugueney 1967
Ménouret 2014
recombined as Schizogliravus bruijni
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae
Anoura indet. Gray 1838
Ménouret 2014
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Alpes-de-Haute Provence County:Luberon
Coordinates: 43.9° North, 5.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.6° North, 2.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:MP 25 Mammal zone:
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Viens Marl
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray claystone
Secondary lithology: marl
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Grey clay and marl
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Deydier; B. Menouret
Metadata
Database number:183364
Authorizer:P. Mannion, P. Coster Enterer:P. Mannion, P. Coster
Modifier:P. Coster Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-12-14 06:07:46 Last modified:2019-05-10 07:51:20
Access level:the public Released:2016-12-14 06:07:46
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

61205. D. Kälin. 2013. A new Oligocene (MP 24) mammal fauna (Dürrenberg, Canton Jura, NW Switzerland) from the eastern slope of the ‘‘Rauracian depression’’. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 106:207-218 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

68425 B. Ménouret. 2014. Gisements paléontologiques à mammifères ou empreintes de pas de mammifères du Parc naturel régional du Luberon. Courrier scientifique du Parc naturel régional du Luberon et de la Réserve de biosphère Luberon-Lure 12:56-74 [P. Coster/P. Coster]
65807 B. Ménouret, J.-J. Châteauneuf, D. Nury and S. Peigné. 2015. Aubenas-les-Alpes, a forgotten Oligocene mammalian site in Provence (S-E France). Part I – Carnivora, Perissodactyla and Microflora. Annales de Paléontologie 101:241-250 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
61803 M. Pickford. 2016. Anthracotheres from the Oligocene of Aubenas-les-Alpes, France. Annales de Paléontologie 102:243-260 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
61558 M. Vianey-Liaud. 1972. Contribution à l'étude des Cricétidés oligocènes d'Europe occidentale. Palaeovertebrata 5:1-44 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]