Saint-Vallier (LD3)
Basic information
Sample name: Saint-Vallier (LD3)
Reference: A. M. F. Valli. 2004. Taphonomy of Saint-Vallier (Drome, France), the reference locality for the biozone MN17 (Upper Pliocene). Lethaia 37:337-350 [ER 3912]
Geography
Country: France
State: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
County: Drôme
Coordinate: 45.178226° N, 4.815531° E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Late Pliocene
Zone: MN17
Section: LD3
Unit order: below to above
Geography comments: The Saint-Vallier fossil site is located at the top of the Montrebut plateau above the town of Saint-Vallier
Coordinates are based on the nearby town of Saint-Vallier
said to be Upper Pliocene, but the Saint-Vallier site is the reference locality for biozone MN17, which is now Early Pleistocene
Coordinates are based on the nearby town of Saint-Vallier
said to be Upper Pliocene, but the Saint-Vallier site is the reference locality for biozone MN17, which is now Early Pleistocene
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: aeolian deposit, fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: The bones were preserved in "carbonate-cemented loess sediments"
Water is considered the main cause of accumulation and transport during floods or torrential rains
All weathered remains are stages 0-3
Some remains are carnivore marked but it is likely they were not the main factor involved in transport and accumulation
Water is considered the main cause of accumulation and transport during floods or torrential rains
All weathered remains are stages 0-3
Some remains are carnivore marked but it is likely they were not the main factor involved in transport and accumulation
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 1104 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: The counts of mammalian faunal remains of Saint-Vallier (LD3) are given
Metadata
Sample no: 4302
Contributor no: Jack Nesbitt
Enterer: Jack Nesbitt
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2023-06-22 15:00:05
Modified: 2024-11-10 20:55:59
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
22 species
3 singletons
total count 1104
geometric series index: 29.0
Fisher's α: 3.893
geometric series k: 0.7593
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7999
Shannon's H: 1.9374
Good's u: 0.9973
Register
| †Cervus philisi valliensis (deer) | 325 | |
| †Croizetoceros ramosus | 257 | |
| "Croizetoceros ramosus medius" | ||
| †Equus stenonis (horse) | 230 | |
| "Equus stenonis viret" | ||
| †Eucladoceros ctenoides vireti (deer) | 129 | |
| †Nyctereutes megamastoides | 27 | |
| †Stephanorhinus etruscus etruscus (rhinoceros) | 24 | |
| "Dicerorhinus etruscus etruscus" | ||
| †Leptobos elatus merlai | 17 | |
| †Gazella borbonica (gazelle) | 16 | |
| †Oryctolagus lacosti | 13 | |
| †Pachycrocuta perrieri (hyena) | 11 | |
| †Meles thorali (badger) | 9 | |
| †Acinonyx pardinensis (giant cheetah) | 9 | |
| †Ursus etruscus (bear) | 7 | |
| Homotherium sp. | 6 | |
| "Homotherium crenatidens" | ||
| Proboscidea indet. | 6 | |
| †Megantereon cultridens (saber-toothed cat) | 5 | |
| †Puma pardoides | 5 | |
| "Viretailurus schaubi" | ||
| †Vulpes alopecoides (fox) | 3 | |
| †Lynx issiodorensis (lynx) | 2 | |
| †Baranogale antiqua | 1 | |
| †Chasmaporthetes lunensis (hyena) | 1 | |
| †Sus strozzii (pig) | 1 | |