Montousse 3: Middle Pleistocene, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emys orbicularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Natrix cf. natrix
Linnaeus 1758
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cf. Elaphe sp.
Wagler 1833
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Coronella sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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Lacerta sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Salamandra sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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Pelobates sp.
Wagler 1830
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo bufo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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original and current combination Rana bufo | |||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Rana temporaria
Linnaeus 1758
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | France | State/province: | Midi-Pyrenees |
Coordinates: | 43.3° North, 0.8° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 43.3° North, 0.8° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Altitude: | 650 meters |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.78100 - 0.12600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | fissure fill |
Geology comments: Emys orbicularis indicates the presence of a permanent, low energy body of water with ample aquatic vegetation. The other species indicate a moist terrestrial habitat nearby (e.g., Rana temporaria and Natrix cf. Natrix natrix) that perhaps gave way to a somewhat dryer terrestrial situation (e.g., Bufo bufo and Lacerta sp.). |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:the faunal assemblage indicates the change from a cold to warm phase at the end of the Tiglian. |
Metadata
Database number: | 195222 | ||
Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2018-07-28 15:21:11 | Last modified: | 2018-07-28 15:21:11 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-07-28 15:21:11 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
66368. | J. A. Holman. 1998. Pleistocene Amphibians and Reptiles in Britain and Europe. Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics 1-265 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |