Cucuron: Miocene, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaena hipparionum n. sp.
Gervais 1846
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone cf. perpiniana
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Broin 1977 | |||||||||
| "Geochelone (s.l.)" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Vaucluse | County: | Luberon |
| Coordinates: | 43.8° North, 5.4° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.0° North, 4.2° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03 - 5.333 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Age is something of a guess. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 93328 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | M. Uhen, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | P. Coster | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-14 11:34:49 | Last modified: | 2019-05-10 07:58:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-14 11:34:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31484. | P. Gervais. 1846. Observations sur diverses espèces de mammifères fossiles du Midi de la France 253 (§ V. Sur une dent de Squalodon Grateloupii recueillie à Saint-Jean-de-Védas, près Montpellier). Annales Des Sciences Naturelles (Zoologie) 5:248-265 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |