List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Tantalus milneedwardsii n. sp.
Shufeldt 1896
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Shufeldt 1896 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Miophasianus altus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Gekkonidae
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Gerandogekko gaillardi n. sp.
Hoffstetter 1946
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Daza et al. 2014 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| UBCL (LGr 5841), a frontal; UBCL, LGr5841–LGr5842, topotypic maxilla, several dentaries and vertebrae. | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Varanidae
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Varanus cf. hofmanni
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Georgalis et al. 2020 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Acrodonta indet.
Cope 1864
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Delfino et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Boidae
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Python europaeus
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Georgalis et al. 2020 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Broin 1977 | |||||||||
| "(canetotiana Lartet, 1851 ?, groupe antiqua Bronn, 1831)" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Ptychogaster (Temnoclemmys) batalleri
Bergounioux 1931
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Broin 1977 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Trocharion albanense
Forsyth-Major 1903
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Albanerpetontidae
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Albanerpeton inexpectatum n. gen., n. sp.
Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
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Estes and Hoffstetter 1976 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Rhône-Alpes | County: | Isére |
| Coordinates: | 45.6° North, 5.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.8° North, 4.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: The La Grive fissure fills comprise deposits ranging in age from the late Early to the late Middle Miocene (MN 5 to MN 8; see, e.g. reference 43571, or Gardner, 1999, Ann. Paléont. 85(1), 57-84). (TL) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | fissure fill |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | La Grive-Saint-Alban | ||
| Database number: | 110928 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, M. Carrano, P. Barrett, P. Holroyd, J. Head, T. Cleary | Enterer: | M. Uhen, T. Cleary, M. Carrano, P. Holroyd, G. Varnham |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Collections that are a subset of this one: | |||
| Created: | 2011-06-16 02:47:46 | Last modified: | 2021-07-14 11:16:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-06-16 02:47:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36434. | J. M. Robles, D. M. Alba, S. Moya-Sola, I. Casanovas-Vilar, J. Galindo, C. Rotgers, S. Almecija and R. Carmona. 2010. New craniodental remains of Trocharion Albanense Major, 1903 (Carnivora, Mustelidae), from the Vallès-Penedès Basin (middle to late Miocene, Barcelona, Spain). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(2):547-562 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 60047 | F. Broin. 1977. Contribution a l'etude des Cheloniens. Cheloniens continentaux due Cretace et du Tertiare de France. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie C, Sciences de la terre 38:1-366 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
| 59595 | J. D. Daza, A. M. Bauer, and E. D. Snively. 2014. On the fossil record of the Gekkota. The Anatomical Record 297:433-462 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary] | |
| 67379 | M. Delfino, T. Kotsakis, M. Arca, C. Tuveri, G. Pitruzzella and L. Rook. 2008. Agamid lizards from the Plio-Pleistocene of Sardinia (Italy) and an overview of the European fossil record of the family. Geodiversitas 30(3):641-656 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary] | |
| 39272 | R. Estes and R. Hoffstetter. 1976. Les urodèles du Miocène de La Grive-Saint-Alban (Isère, France) [The urodeles from the Miocene of La Grive-Saint-Alban (Isère, France)]. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Sciences de la Terre 57:297-343 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 52039 | J. D. Gardner and M. Böhme. 2008. Review of the Albanerpetontidae (Lissamphibia), with comments on the paleoecological preferences of European Tertiary albanerpetontids. In J. T. Sankey & S. Baszio (ed.), Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages: Their Role in Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography 178-218 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 77386 | J. D. Gardner, A. Villa, S. Colombero, M. Venczel, and M. Delfino. 2021. A Messinian (latest Miocene) occurrence for Albanerpeton Estes & Hoffstetter, 1976 (Lissamphibia: Albanerpetontidae) at Moncucco Torinese, Piedmont Basin, northwestern Italy, and a review of the European Cenozoic record for albanerpetontids. Geodiversitas 43(14):391-404 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 72533 | G. L. Georgalis, M. K. Abdel Gawad, S. M. Hassan, A. N. El-Barkooky, and M. A. Hamdan. 2020. Oldest co-occurrence of Varanus and Python from Africa—first record of squamates from the early Miocene of Moghra Formation, Western Desert, Egypt. PeerJ 8(e9092):1-26 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
| 47097 | G. J. McGowan. 1998. The development and function of the atlanto-axial joint in albanerpetontid amphibians. Journal of Herpetology 32(1):116-122 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 63955 | R. W. Shufeldt. 1896. Fossil Bones of Birds and Mammals from Grotto Pietro Tamponi and Grive-St. Alban. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 48:507-516 [M. Uhen/K. Ziegler/M. Uhen] |