Vieux-Collonges (Miocene of France)

Where: France (47.2° N, 4.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.4° N, 3.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Mein. 1958. Les mammifères de la faune sidérolithique de Vieux-Collonges. Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Lyon 5:3-122 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 200296: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.03.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Dryomys sp. Thomas 1906 dormouse
sp. 1-4
Muscardinus sp. Kaup 1829 dormouse
large form
Muscardinus aff. sansaniensis Lartet 1856 dormouse
 Rodentia - Anomalomyidae
? Anomalomys sp. Gaillard 1900 rodent
 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Paracitellus ? eminens mountain beaver
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Pseudotheridomys sp. Schlosser 1926 rodent
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetodon sp. Lartet 1851 mouse
C. sansaniensis group and C. brevis or C. affinis group
Cricetodon collongensis mouse
C. minor group
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
 Theriamorpha - Dimylidae
? Plesiodimylus chantrei Gaillard 1899 placental
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceinae indet., "Palaeoerinaceus sp." = Amphechinus, "Galerix exillis" = Galerix, "Pseudogalerix sp." = Galerix, Lantanotherium sp.
Erinaceinae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 hedgehog
"Palaeoerinaceus sp." = Amphechinus Aymard 1850 hedgehog
"Galerix exillis" = Galerix hedgehog
"Pseudogalerix sp." = Galerix Pomel 1848 hedgehog
Lantanotherium sp. Filhol 1888 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex dehmi long-tailed shrew
Sorex aff. grivensis long-tailed shrew
Sorex collongensis long-tailed shrew
? Crocidura sp. Wagler 1832 white-toothed shrew
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole
Proscapanus sp. Gaillard 1899 mole
? Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mole
Scaptonyx edwardsi Gaillard 1899 Long-tailed mole
Talpa minuta Blainville 1840 mole
 Chiroptera - Hipposideridae
? Palaeophyllophora sp. Revilliod 1917 leaf-nosed bat
Hipposideros collongensis Dépèret 1892 roundleaf bat
Asellia mariaetheresae Mein 1958 leaf-nosed bat
 Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus aff. delphinensis Gaillard 1899 horseshoe bat
 Chiroptera - Megadermatidae
Megaderma lugdunensis Depéret 1892 false vampire
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Palaeochoerus aff. waterhousi" = Dubiotherium waterhousi
"Palaeochoerus aff. waterhousi" = Dubiotherium waterhousi Pomel 1853 pig
 Artiodactyla -
Taucanamo pygmaeum even-toed ungulate
Taucanamo sansaniense Lartet 1851 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
"Caenotherium miocaenicum" = Cainotherium
"Caenotherium miocaenicum" = Cainotherium even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Micromeryx flourensianus Lartet 1851 musk deer
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
 Artiodactyla - Lagomerycidae
Lagomeryx sp. Roger 1904 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Euprox furcatus Hensel 1859 deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Pseudaelurus turnauensis" = Styriofelis turnauensis Hoernes 1882 cat
 Carnivora - Viverridae
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Pseudarctos sp. Schlosser 1899 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Ailuridae
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Plesiogale ? postfelina Dehm 1950 mustelid carnivore
Ischyrictis (Laphyctis) mustelinus Viret 1933 mustelid carnivore
Martes munki marten
Paralutra ? jaegeri Fraas 1862 otter
Trocharion albanense Forsyth-Major 1903 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursidae indet. Gray 1825 bear
"Ursavus ? elmensis" = Ballusia elmensis Stehlin 1917 bear
 Pholidota - Patriomanidae
"Teutomanis sp." = Necromanis
"Teutomanis sp." = Necromanis Filhol 1894 pangolin
Aves
 Charadriiformes - Turnicidae
Turnicidae indet. Gray 1840 buttonquail