Pellecahus: MN 4, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Lisstriodon lockharti
Perocervulus dichotomus
Logomeryx parvulus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Pseudodryomys ibericus de Bruijn 1966
Antoine et al. 2000
Miodyromys biradiculus Mayr 1979
Antoine et al. 2000
Prodryomys brailloni Thaler 1966
Antoine et al. 2000
Microdyromys sp. de Bruijn 1966
Antoine et al. 2000
"Microdyromys legidensis-koenigswaldi"
Glirudinus modestus Dehm 1950
Antoine et al. 2000
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Xerus grivensis
Forsythia aff. gaudryi
Antoine et al. 2000
Heteroxerus rubricati
Antoine et al. 2000
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Ligerimys florancei
Antoine et al. 2000
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Steneofiber sp. Geoffroy 1833
Steneofiber depereti Mayet 1908
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
? Democricetodon romievensis
Antoine et al. 2000
Democricetodon aff. mutilus (Fahlbusch 1964)
Antoine et al. 2000
Megacricetodon aff. bezianensis
Antoine et al. 2000
Cricetodon infralactorensis
Cricetodon quadratum
Cricetodon bourgeoisi
Melissiodon sp. Schaub 1920
Antoine et al. 2000
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Titanomys aff. visenoviensis
Lagopsis penai
Antoine et al. 2000
Lagopsis cadeoti
Prolagus sp. Pomel 1853
Antoine et al. 2000
Prolagus vasconiensis Viret 1930
Antoine et al. 2000
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Galerix cf. exilis de Blainville 1839
Mammalia - Talpidae
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aegyrcitherium beonensis Antoine 1997
Antoine et al. 2000
recombined as Hispanotherium beonense
Plesiaceratherium mirallesi Crusafont et al. 1955
Antoine et al. 2000
recombined as Dromoceratherium mirallesi
Prosantorhinus douvillei Osborn 1902
Antoine et al. 2000
Brachypotherium cf. brachypus Lartet 1848
Ceratorhinus tagicus
spelled with current rank as Rhinoceros (Ceratorhinus)
Aceratherium aff. platyodon
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825
Antoine et al. 2000
Mammalia - Suidae
Aureliachoerus aurelianensis
Antoine et al. 2000
Hyotherium soemmeringi von Meyer 1834
Antoine et al. 2000
Palaeochoerus waterhousi Pomel 1853
recombined as Dubiotherium waterhousi
Bunolistriodon lockharti
Antoine et al. 2000
Mammalia
Palaeochoerus aurelianensis
Mammalia - Cainotheriidae
Caenotherium sp. Agassiz 1846
synonym of Cainotherium
Mammalia
Amphimoschus artenensis
Antoine et al. 2000
Amphimoschus artenensis
Mammalia - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium guntianum von Meyer 1846
Antoine et al. 2000
Dorcatherium cf. crassum Lartet 1851
Antoine et al. 2000
Dorcatherium aff. crassum Lartet 1851
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomeryx kaupi von Meyer 1834
Antoine et al. 2000
Palaeomeryx kaupi von Meyer 1834
Amphitragulus aurelianensis
Mammalia - Lagomerycidae
Lagomeryx minimus
Antoine et al. 2000
Lagomeryx meyeri
Mammalia - Cervidae
Procervulus dichotomus Gervais 1849
Antoine et al. 2000
Mammalia - Carnivora - Palaeogalidae
Palaeogale minuta (Gervais 1848)
Antoine et al. 2000
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Pseudaelurus romievensis
Antoine et al. 2000
Pseudaelurus quadidentatus
mutation romieviensis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Semigenetta cf. cadeoti Roman and Viret 1934
Antoine et al. 2000
Semigenetta cadeoti n. sp. Roman and Viret 1934
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyon aff. steinheimensis
Amphicyon iactorensis
Amphicyon giganteus Schinz 1825
Amphicyon major De Blainville 1841
Pseudarctos bavaricus Schlosser 1899
Antoine et al. 2000
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Trochictis artenensis Ginsburg 1968
Antoine et al. 2000
synonym of Trochictis carbonaria
Iberictis buloti Ginsburg and Morales 1992
Antoine et al. 2000
Ischyrictis bezianensis
Antoine et al. 2000
Martes burdigalensis
Antoine et al. 2000
Paralutra n. gen. lorteti (Filhol 1879)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Hemicyon stehlini
Antoine et al. 2000
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Dinotherium cuvieri (Kaup 1832)
synonym of Prodeinotherium bavaricum
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837
Antoine et al. 2000
Mastodon (Trilophodon) angustidens Cuvier 1806
recombined as Tetrabelodon angustidens
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Mauremys ex gr. sarmatica (Purschke 1885)
Hervet 2004
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Midi-Pyrénées County:Gers
Coordinates: 44.0° North, 0.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.1° North, 0.9° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:MN 4
Age range of interval:16.90000 - 15.97000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Lithology description: none given
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: combination of historical and new collections
Taxonomic list comments:originally described by Roman and Viret 1930, and repeatedly revised by other authors
Metadata
Also known as:Romieu
Database number:71873
Authorizer:J. Alroy, D. Nicholson, M. Uhen Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Uhen, D. Nicholson
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-05-14 15:04:14 Last modified:2009-12-14 15:07:14
Access level:the public Released:2007-05-14 15:04:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

31402. F. Roman and J. Viret. 1934. La faune de mammiferes du Burdigalien de la Romieu. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France 21:1-67 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

24290 P.-O. Antoine, C. Bulot, and L. Ginsburg. 2000. Une faune rare de rhinocérotidés (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) dan le Miocène inférieur de Pellecahus (Gers, France). Geobios 33(2):249-255 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
58591 S. Hervet. 2004. Systématique du groupe "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) du Tertiaire d'Europe occidentale: principaux résultats [Systematic of the "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" group (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) from the Tertiary of Western Europe: principal results. Annales de Paléontologie 90(1):13-78 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]