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
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Reptilia | |
"Diplocynodon styriacus" = Diplocynodon ungeri1
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Mammalia | |
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere | |
Brachypotherium brachypus Lartet 1848 rhinoceros | |
Cainotherium sp. Bravard 1828 even-toed ungulate | |
Dorcatherium cf. naui Kaup 1833 chevrotain | |
Palaeomeryx kaupi von Meyer 1834 ruminant | |
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Prosansanosmilus perigrinus false sabre-tooth | |
Palaeogale minuta Gervais 1848 carnivoran | |
"Pseudaelurus lorteti" = Miopanthera lorteti, Pseudaelurus transitorius
"Pseudaelurus lorteti" = Miopanthera lorteti Gaillard 1899 cat | |
Protictitherium gaillardi Forsyth Major 1903 hyaena | |
? Pseudocyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851 bear-dog
Amphicyon giganteus Schinz 1825 bear-dog
? Cynelos schlosseri Dehm 1950 bear-dog | |
Hemicyon stehlini bear | |
? Mionictis artenensis Ginsburg 1968 otter
Martes sainjoni marten
Martes muncki marten
Ischyrictis bezaniensis mustelid carnivore | |
Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole | |
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew | |
Democricetodon sp., Megacricetodon primitivus, Megacricetodon bavaricus, Eumyarion candeloni, Eumyarion sp., Melissiodon dominans
Democricetodon sp. Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Megacricetodon primitivus Mein and Freudenthal 1971 mouse
Eumyarion candeloni mouse
Eumyarion sp. Thaler 1966 mouse
Melissiodon dominans Dehm 1950 mouse | |
Neocometes sp. Schaub and Zapfe 1953 mouse | |
Ligerimys florancei rodent | |
Steneofiber bredai beaver | |
Glirudinus gracilis Dehm 1950 dormouse
Bransatoglis cadeoti Bulot 1978 dormouse
Microdyromys koenigswaldi de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
Pseudodryomys sp. de Bruijn 1966 dormouse | |
Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel
Palaeosciurus sp. Pomel 1853 squirrel
Miopetaurista sp. Kretzoi 1962 squirrel | |
Lagopsis penai pika
Prolagus aff. oeningensis König 1825 pika |