Grand Morier, assemblage no. 6 (Miocene to of France)
Where: France (47.3° N, 0.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 1.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 7.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
• terrestrial organisms reworked into marine facies
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. Gagnaison. 2017. Le site paléontologique du Grand Morier (Pont-Boutard, Indre-et-Loire, France): contexte géologique et détail biostratigraphique des formations cénozoïques à partir des assemblages de vertébrés fossiles. Geodiversitas 39(2):251-271 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 187580: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.08.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Lagopsis sp. Schlosser 1894 pika | |
Anchitheriomys wiedemanni beaver
Steneofiber depereti Mayet 1908 beaver | |
"Pliopithecus piveteaui" = Pliopithecus antiquus
"Pliopithecus piveteaui" = Pliopithecus antiquus Blainville 1839 monkey | |
Hyainailouros sulzeri Biedermann 1863 creodont | |
Amphicyon giganteus Schinz 1825 bear-dog
Pseudarctos bavaricus Schlosser 1899 bear-dog
Pseudocyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851 bear-dog
Agnotherium grivensis bear-dog | |
Trocharion albanense Forsyth-Major 1903 mustelid carnivore | |
Hemicyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851 bear | |
Pseudaelurus romievensis, "Pseudaelurus lorteti" = Miopanthera lorteti, "Pseudaelurus turnauensis" = Styriofelis turnauensis
"Pseudaelurus lorteti" = Miopanthera lorteti Gaillard 1899 cat
"Pseudaelurus turnauensis" = Styriofelis turnauensis Hoernes 1882 cat | |
Protictitherium gaillardi Forsyth Major 1903 hyaena | |
Hyotherium soemmeringi von Meyer 1834 pig | |
Dorcatherium guntianum von Meyer 1846 chevrotain
Dorcatherium crassum Lartet 1851 chevrotain | |
Amphimoschus pontileviensis Bourgeois 1873 ruminant | |
Dicrocerus elegans Lartet 1837 ruminant
Lagomeryx sp. Roger 1904 ruminant | |
Palaeomeryx bojani ruminant | |
Plesiaceratherium lumiarense, Brachypotherium brachypus, Prosantorhinus douvillei, Prosantorhinus germanicus, Lartetotherium sansaniense
Plesiaceratherium lumiarense Antunes and Ginsburg 1983 rhinoceros
Brachypotherium brachypus Lartet 1848 rhinoceros
Prosantorhinus douvillei Osborn 1902 rhinoceros
Prosantorhinus germanicus Wang 1929 rhinoceros
Lartetotherium sansaniense Lartet 1837 rhinoceros | |
Anisodon grande de Blainville 1849 chalicothere | |
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse | |
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mole | |
Prodeinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831 deinothere | |
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere | |
Zygolophodon turicensis Schintz 1824 mastodon | |
Reptilia | |
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 squamates | |
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake | |
Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811 viper | |
Boidae indet. Gray 1825 boa | |
Chelydropsis sp. Peters 1868 turtle | |
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle | |
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle
Testudo promarginata Reinach 1900 turtle | |
Ptychogaster sp. Pomel 1847 turtle | |
"Diplocynodon styriacus" = Diplocynodon ungeri
"Diplocynodon styriacus" = Diplocynodon ungeri Prangner 1845 crocodilian | |
Gavialis sp. Oppel 1811 gharial
Tomistoma cf. lusitanica Antunes 1961 false gharial |