Also known as Port la Nouvelle
Where: Languedoc-Roussillon Region, France (43.0° N, 3.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 1.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• Upper Burdigalian. The biochronology places this collection between the reference faunas of Vieux-Collonges and La Romieu.
Environment/lithology: fissure fill
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: This collection gathers in fact two loci, distant of about 5 m and that were homogeneous in terms of facies and faunal components. These two sub-collection are merged in ref. 9929, which might be the only report for this locality.
Primary reference: S. Legendre. 1982. La faune de micromammiferes du gisement burdigalien de Port-la-Nouvelle (Aude); complements et indications paleoecologiques. Bulletin de la Societe geologique de France 24(2):383-387 [E. Fara/E. Fara/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 37050: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 26.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Pseudodryomys simplicidens, Pseudodryomys aff. ibericus, Prodryomys ? satus, Microdyromys praemurinus, Glirudinus modestus
Pseudodryomys simplicidens de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
Pseudodryomys aff. ibericus de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
Prodryomys ? satus Mayr 1979 dormouse
Microdyromys praemurinus Freudenberg 1941 dormouse
Glirudinus modestus Dehm 1950 dormouse | |
Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel | |
Democricetodon aff. mutilus, Democricetodon brevis, Megacricetodon collongensis, Eumyarion aff. medius
Democricetodon aff. mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Democricetodon brevis Schaub 1925 mouse
Megacricetodon collongensis Mein 1958 mouse
Eumyarion aff. medius Lartet 1851 mouse | |
Lagopsis penai pika
Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika | |
"Gymnurinae indet." = Echinosoricini, Erinaceinae indet.
"Gymnurinae indet." = Echinosoricini Cabrera 1925 hedgehog
Erinaceinae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 hedgehog | |
Soricinae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 red-toothed shrew
Crocidurinae indet. Milne Edwards 1874 white-toothed shrew | |
Asellia mariaetheresae Mein 1958 leaf-nosed bat | |
Rhinolophus cf. grivensis Depéret 1892 horseshoe bat | |
cf. Taphozous sp. Geoffroy 1818 sac-winged bat | |
Tadarida helveticus free-tailed bat | |
Artiodactyla indet. even-toed ungulate | |
Amphiperatherium frequens von Meyer 1846 marsupial | |
Reptilia | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Squamata indet. squamates | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Pisces | |
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish |