Ile de Ratonneau Breccia, Bouches de Rhone, Provence (Pleistocene of France)

Where: Provence, France (43.3° N, 5.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 5.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Generally Middle Pleistocene, although possibly Wurm (Late Pleistocene).

Environment/lithology:

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Described briefly by Marion in 1883.

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 49090: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 08.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

• A small bear, possibly Plionarctos.
unclassified
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Vulpinae indet.
Reynards
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
Cerfs
 Carnivora - Ursidae
? Plionarctos sp. Frick 1926 bear
a small bear.
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Lagomys sp." = Marmota
"Lagomys sp." = Marmota Frisch 1775 marmot
Taxonomy updated to either Marmota or Ochotona (not clear which is meant here).
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix major porcupine