Cucuron, at the stadium, sample taken between 1972 and 1976: MN 12, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Ictitherium sp. Wagner 1848
Mammalia - Talpidae
Desmana aff. pontica Schreuder 1940
Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758
Desmanella crusafonti Rümke 1974
Mammalia - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848
(Parasorex)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Gliridae indet. Muirhead 1819
Eliomys sp. Wagner 1840
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Occitanomys adroveri (Thaler 1966)
Parapodemus barbarae (van de Weerd 1976)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Ruscinomys schaubi
Kowalskia sp. Fahlbusch 1969
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilinus sp. de Bruijn and Mein 1968
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus crusafonti López Martinez 1977
unclassified
Stephanomys stadii n. sp. Mein and Michaux 1979
11 specimens
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region County:Vaucluse Departement
Coordinates: 43.8° North, 5.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.0° North, 4.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Tortonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: MN 12
Age range of interval: 7.75 - 7.246 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ravin de Ratavoux Regional bed:Middle Turolian
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: MN 12, Middle Turolian, Upper Miocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:blue claystone
Secondary lithology: lignite
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Blueish clays with intercalations of lignite
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils,microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Disassociated minor elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:37047
Authorizer:E. Fara Enterer:E. Fara
Modifier:E. Fara Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-02-25 23:56:20 Last modified:2004-08-13 09:57:46
Access level:the public Released:2004-02-25 23:56:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9926.5% 31180P. Mein and J. Michaux. 1979. Une faune de petits mammiferes d'age Turolien moyen (Miocene superieur) a Cucuron (Vaucluse); donnees nouvelles sur le genre Stephanomys (Rodentia) et consequences stratigraphiques. Géobios 12(3):481-485 [E. Fara/E. Fara/J. Alroy]