Villeneuve de la Raho: Zanclean - Piacenzian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx pliopedemontanus
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Mauremys gaudryi
(Depéret 1885)
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| recombined as Clemmys gaudryi | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo pyrenaica
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"Cheirogaster perpiniana"
(Depéret 1885)
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| recombined as Titanochelon perpiniana | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Apocricetus angustidens
(Depéret 1890)
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Freudenthal et al. 1998 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Prolagus sp.
Pomel 1853
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Paracervulus australis
Serres 1832
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| Ruscinian age is based upon this taxon. | ||||||||||
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Cervus ruscinensis n. sp.
Depéret 1890
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Dong 1996 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| skull with antlers and teeth, Pp 157. From the Belrich mas (=ranch?); not clear that this is the exact same locality. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Languedoc-Roussillon Region |
| Coordinates: | 42.6° North, 2.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.7° North, 2.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 25 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Zanclean - Piacenzian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Regional section: | Roussillon | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Age cited as Ruscinian. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red,yellow lithified mudstone |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Villeneuve-de-la-Raho | ||
| Database number: | 36985 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, L. van den Hoek Ostende, J. Zijlstra | Enterer: | R. Whatley, L. van den Hoek Ostende, J. Zijlstra |
| Modifier: | R. Whatley | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-02-21 15:43:43 | Last modified: | 2004-02-21 17:43:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-02-21 15:43:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9891. | 5% 5800 | J. Aymar. 1992. Note sur la découverte d'une tortue nouvelle "Chelydropsis sp." dans le Pliocene roussillonnais (Ruscinien). [Note on the discovery of a new turtle, "Chelydropsis sp., in the Pliocene from Roussillon, Ruscinian.]. Naturalia Ruscinonensia, Perpignan : Societe d'Historie Naturelle de Perpignan et des Pyreneennes-Orientales 2:27-32 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 57768 | W. Dong. 1996. Les Cervidae (Artiodactyla) rusciniens (Pliocène) du Languedoc et du Roussillon (France). Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, series 4, section C 18(1):133-163 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] | |
| 19833 | M. Freudenthal, P. Mein, and E. Martín-Suárez. 1998. Revision of Late Miocene and Pliocene Cricetinae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Spain and France. Treballs del Museu de Geologia de Barcelona 7:11-93 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/D. van Oyen] |