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Gannat sommet, Gannat, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Lat/Long (Decimal)46.1003,3.19917
Co-ordinates Derivationestimated from map
Given LocationAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Gannat, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Gannat superieurAuge M. L., Hervet S. (2009)MN 1not reported23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Gannat sommetGohlich U. B. (2003)MP 30not reported28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Empheresula arvernensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Suliformes : Sulidae : Empheresula : Empheresula arvernensis28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Allacerops pomeli
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Eggysodontidae : Allacerops : Allacerops pomeli28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Ronzotherium sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Ronzotherium28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Pseudeumeces cadurcensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Lacertidae : Pseudeumeces : Pseudeumeces cadurcensis28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Ptychogaster emydoides
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Geoemydidae : Ptychogaster : Ptychogaster emydoides28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic

References

Broin F. (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
de Bonis L., Brunet M. (1995) Le Garouillas et les sites contemporains (Oligocène, MP 25) des phosphorites du Quercy (Lot, Tarn-et-Garonne, France) et leurs faunes de vertébrés. 10. Perissodactyla: Allaceropinae et Rhinocerotidae, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 236 1-6, 177-190
Gohlich U. B. (2003) The avifauna of the Grund Beds (Middle Miocene, Early Badenian, northern Austria), Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 104, 237-249
Auge M. L., Hervet S. (2009) Fossil lizards from the locality of Gannat (late Oligocene–early Miocene, France) and a revision of the genus Pseudeumeces (Squamata, Lacertidae), Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 89, 191-201 doi:10.1007/s12549-009-0009-1
Ménouret B., Châteauneuf J.-J., et al (2015) Aubenas-les-Alpes, a forgotten Oligocene mammalian site in Provence\r\n(S-E France). Part I – Carnivora, Perissodactyla and Microflora, Annales de Paléontologie 101, 241-250
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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