Bézian (Miocene of France)

Where: Gers, France (44.0° N, 0.5° E: paleocoordinates 44.1° N, 1.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: MN 4 (16.9 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69099: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 19.02.2007, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Brachypotherium brachypus Lartet 1848 rhinoceros
Aceratherium fahlbuschi rhinoceros
subgenus Dromaceratherium
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomeryx kaupi von Meyer 1834 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium cf. naui Kaup 1833 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
Cainotherium sp. Bravard 1828 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla -
Taucanamo primum2 van der Made 1997 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Pseudaelurus lorteti" = Miopanthera lorteti Gaillard 1899 cat
 Carnivora - Nimravidae
Prosansanosmilus perigrinus false sabre-tooth
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Protictitherium gaillardi Forsyth Major 1903 hyaena
 Carnivora - Palaeogalidae
Palaeogale minuta Gervais 1848 carnivoran
 Carnivora - Ursidae
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Ischyrictis bezaniensis mustelid carnivore
? Mionictis artenensis Ginsburg 1968 otter
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyon giganteus Schinz 1825 bear-dog
? Cynelos schlosseri Dehm 1950 bear-dog
? Pseudocyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851 bear-dog
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
"Galerix sp." = Galerix, "Pseudogalerix sp." = Galerix
"Galerix sp." = Galerix Pomel 1848 hedgehog
"Pseudogalerix sp." = Galerix Pomel 1848 hedgehog
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Palaeosciurus sp. Pomel 1853 squirrel
Miopetaurista sp. Kretzoi 1962 squirrel
Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Steneofiber sp. Geoffroy 1833 beaver
small form
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Bransatoglis cadeoti Bulot 1978 dormouse
Glirudinus gracilis Dehm 1950 dormouse
Microdyromys koenigswaldi de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
Pseudodryomys sp. de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
 Rodentia -
Neocometes sp. Schaub and Zapfe 1953 mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eumyarion sp. Thaler 1966 mouse
Megacricetodon bavaricus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
ssp. bezianensis
Megacricetodon primitivus Mein and Freudenthal 1971 mouse
Democricetodon sp. Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Melissiodon dominans Dehm 1950 mouse
Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
"Diplocynodon styriacus" = Diplocynodon ungeri1
"Diplocynodon styriacus" = Diplocynodon ungeri1 Prangner 1845 crocodilian
Skull