Artenac 'Bed 6 composite list', Commune de Saint-Mary, Charente,: Late/Upper Pleistocene, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Citellus cf. superciliosus
synonym of Spermophilus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Mus sylvaticus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetus cricetus (Linnaeus 1758)
Arvicola terrestris (Linnaeus 1758)
Microtus gregalis
Microtus arvalis (Pallas 1779)
Microtus oeconomus (Pallas 1776)
? Chionomys nivalis (Martins 1842)
? on presence
Clethrionomys glareolus
synonym of Myodes
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus cf. europaeus Pallas 1778
Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Homo neanderthalensis King 1864
2 specimens
1 maxilla, 1 frontal.
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766
Sorex araneus Linnaeus 1758
Sorex group araneus/coronatus
Neomys cf. fodiens (Pennant 1771)
Crocidura leucodon (Hermann 1780)
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis bechsteini Leisler 1818
Myotis cf. nattereri Kuhl 1818
Myotis myotis (Borkhausen 1797)
Myotis cf. emarginatus Geoffroy 1806
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus hydruntinus
Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758
Equus caballus ssp.
Mammalia - Cervidae
Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus 1758)
Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus 1758)
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovinae indet. (Gray 1821)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera leo (Linnaeus 1758)
Panthera leo spelaea
Panthera pardus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben 1777)
Crocuta crocuta spelaea
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Meles sp. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
Canis lupus lupus
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Poitou-Charentes
Coordinates: 45.7° North, 0.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.6° North, 0.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Member:5
Local bed:6
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: There are five members at this site ranging in age from the Middle to Upper Pleistocene. Members 1-3 (beds I-V) are Middle Pleistocene levels, the Upper Pleistocene is represented by Members 4-5 (beds 5-10). Bed 6 is ?Stage 5, temperate to cold. The micromammal collection for bed 6 is divided into 3 parts (6a, b, c) but the sediments and macromammals are not.
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: very rich matrix. Many small pebbles and occasional blocks.
Environment:cave
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:anthropogenic
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:archaeological analysis
Collection method comments: This material is still under study.
Metadata
Also known as:Artenac-en-Charente
Database number:43631
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-08-17 07:55:31 Last modified:2004-08-17 11:19:49
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-17 07:55:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11457.PACED A. Delagnes, J.-F. Tournepiche, D. Armand, E. Desclaux, M.-F. Diot, C. Ferrier, V. Le Fillatre and B. Vandermeersch. 1999. Le gisement Pleistocene moyen et superieur d'Artenac (Saint-Mary, Charent): premier bilan interdisciplinaire. Bulletin de la Societe Prehistorique Francaise 96(4):469-496 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]