Es-Taliens, Haute-Pyrenees (Pleistocene of France)

Where: Haute-Pyrenees, France (43.1° N, 0.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 0.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Middle Pleistocene. A low number of species and poor stratigraphic controls at this site, thought to be second part of the Mindel based on the fauna (roughly 0.65-0.57Ma).

Environment/lithology:

• Some extremely hard breccia.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Material collected in 19th century.

Primary reference: M. F. Bonifay. 1973. Principaux gisements paleontologiques Francais du Pleistocene Moyen: Essai de classification. Le Quaternaire 41-50 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 49094: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 08.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Vulpinae indet.
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp.
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Martes foina
Martes foina Erxleben 1777 marten
Fouine (= beech marten)
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena prisca
Hyaena prisca De Serres 1828 hyaena
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet., Cervus ? elaphus
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
un petit cervide
Cervus ? elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
Harle (1895) avait aussi determiner le Cerf (elaphe?)
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet.
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
des Grands Bovides.