Artenay: MN 4, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Vipera informal sp. of "Vipera aspis complex" Laurenti 1768
Szyndlar and Rage 1999
Vipera informal sp. of "Oriental vipers complex" Laurenti 1768
Szyndlar and Rage 1999
figured specimen: MNHN AR 6248
Reptilia - Varanidae
Varanus sp. Merrem 1820
Augé and Guével 2018 8 specimens
MNHN AR 6261, 1 cervical vertebra; AR 6262, 6 dorsal vertebra; AR 6257, 1 dorsal vert; AR 6263 and 6250, 2 sacral verts; AR 6260, 1 caudal; AR 6264, 3 caudals
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo ginsburgi n. sp. Broin 1977
Broin 1977
recombined as Titanochelon ginsburgi
MNHN ART 541, complete plastron
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Mauremys pygolopha (Peters 1868)
Hervet 2004
MNHN ART 506, 439
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx stiriacus Peters 1855
Broin 1977
nomen dubium belonging to Trionychinae
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydropsis sp. Peters 1868
Broin 1977
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Vespertilionidae indet. Gray 1821
?Eptesicus
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837
Mammalia - Creodonta
Hyainailouros sulzeri Biedermann 1863
Mammalia - Carnivora
Potamotherium miocenicum Peters 1868
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursavus brevirhinus Hofmann 1887
Hemicyon stehlini
Ginsburg 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Trochictis artenensis Ginsburg 1968
Ginsburg 2002
synonym of Trochictis carbonaria
Mionictis artenensis Ginsburg 1968
Martes sainjoni
Martes muncki
Martes burdigaliensis
Ginsburg 2002
Ischyrictis noueli
subgenus Hoplictis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Cynelos schlosseri Dehm 1950
Amphicyon giganteus Schinz 1825
Pseudocyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851
Ginsburg 2002
Ictiocyon socialis Dehm 1950
Ginsburg 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae
Prosansanosmilus peregrinus Heizmann et al. 1980
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Semigenetta elegans
Leptoplesictis aurelianensis
Ginsburg 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae
Herpestes aurelianensis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Pseudaelurus lorteti Gaillard 1899
recombined as Miopanthera lorteti
Pseudaelurus turnauensis Hoernes 1882
Ginsburg 2002
recombined as Styriofelis turnauensis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Palaeogalidae
Palaeogale hyaenoides Dehm 1950
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Brachypotherium aurelianensis
subgenus Brachydiceratherium
Proaceratherium minutum
Aceratherium platyodon
Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae
Brachyodus onoideus
Mammalia - Suidae
Albanohyus pigmeum
Aureliachoerus aurelianensis
Mammalia
Amphimoschus artenensis
Mammalia - Cervidae
Procervulus dichotomus Gervais 1849
Mammalia - Lagomerycidae
Lagomeryx parvulus Roger 1898
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Amphitragulus aurelianensis
Palaeomeryx kaupi von Meyer 1834
Mammalia - Bovidae
Eotragus artenensis
Mammalia - Cainotheriidae
Cainotherium cf. miocenicum
Mammalia - Talpidae
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851
Mammalia - Soricidae
Trimylus neumayrianus
synonym of Pseudotrimylus
ssp. subsequens
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817
small form
Lantanotherium sp. Filhol 1888
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Lagopsis sp. Schlosser 1894
cadeoti vel penai
Prolagus cf. vasconiensis Viret 1930
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Melissiodon dominans Dehm 1950
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Pseudodryomys aff. simplicidens de Bruijn 1966
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Steneofiber depereti Mayet 1908
ssp. depereti
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Ligerimys florancei
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Centre County:Loiret
Coordinates: 48.1° North, 1.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.2° North, 0.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:MN 4
Age range of interval:16.90000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:MNHN
Metadata
Database number:69116
Authorizer:L. van den Hoek Ostende, P. Holroyd, D. Nicholson, J. Orcutt, J. Mueller, T. Cleary Enterer:L. van den Hoek Ostende, D. Nicholson, P. Holroyd, T. Liebrecht, J. Orcutt, T. Cleary
Modifier:T. Liebrecht Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-02-19 06:32:41 Last modified:2012-12-04 03:52:21
Access level:the public Released:2007-02-19 06:32:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
19926. E.P.J. Heizmann, L. Ginsburg, and C. Bulot. 1980. Prosansanosmilus peregrinus, ein neuer machairodontider Felide aus dem Miocän Deutschlands und Frankreichs. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Ser. B. 58:1-27 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]

Secondary references:

67822 M. L. Augé and B. Guével. 2018. New varanid remains from the Miocene (MN4–MN5) of France: inferring fossil lizard phylogeny from subsets of large morphological data sets. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1410483 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary]
60047 F. Broin. 1977. Contribution a l'etude des Cheloniens. Cheloniens continentaux due Cretace et du Tertiare de France. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie C, Sciences de la terre 38:1-366 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
78243 L. Ginsburg. 2002. Les carnivores fossiles des sables de l'Orléanais. Annales de Paléontologie 88:115-146 [J. Orcutt/J. Orcutt]
58591 S. Hervet. 2004. Systématique du groupe "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) du Tertiaire d'Europe occidentale: principaux résultats [Systematic of the "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" group (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) from the Tertiary of Western Europe: principal results. Annales de Paléontologie 90(1):13-78 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]
43699 Z. Szyndlar and J.-C. Rage. 1999. Oldest Fossil Vipers (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Old World. Kaupia - Darmstädter Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte 8:9-20 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]