Also known as Mt. Helene
Where: Roussillon, France (42.7° N, 2.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 2.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Ruscinian (5.3 - 3.2 Ma)
• MN14, Tabianien-Plaisancien (3.3-3.9Ma), Pliocene.
Environment/lithology: fissure fill
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
• Found in 1981.
Primary reference: J.-P. Aguilar, M. Calvert, and J. Michaux. 1986. Description des rongeurs Pliocenes de la faune du Mont-Helene (Pyrenees-Orientales, France), nouveau jalon entre les faunes de Perpignan (Serrat-d'en-Vacquer) et de Sete. Palaeovertebrata 16(3):127-144 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35064: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 29.10.2003, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Talpa fossilis Petenyi 1864 mole | |
Paenelimnoecus pannonicus red-toothed shrew
Episoriculus gibberodon Petenyi 1864 red-toothed shrew | |
"Galerix depereti n. sp." = Parasorex depereti
"Galerix depereti n. sp." = Parasorex depereti Crochet 1986 hedgehog | |
Trilophomys pyrenaicus Depéret 1890 mouse
"Cricetus cf. angustidens" = Apocricetus angustidens Depéret 1890 mouse
Blancomys neglectus mouse | |
Occitanomys montheleni n. sp., Castillomys crusafonti, Paraethomys cf. jaegeri, Paraethomys meini, Apodemus cf. jeanteti, Apodemus dominans, Stephanomys cf. donnezani, Rhagapodemus ballesioi, Rhagapodemus hautimagnensis
Occitanomys montheleni n. sp. Aguilar et al. 1986 mouse
Paraethomys cf. jaegeri mouse
Paraethomys meini mouse
Apodemus cf. jeanteti Eurasian field mouse
Apodemus dominans Eurasian field mouse
Rhagapodemus ballesioi mouse | |
Glis sackdillingensis Heller 1930 dormouse
Muscardinus sp. Kaup 1829 dormouse
Eliomys intermedius Priant 1953 dormouse |