RIEGE MAAR (HERAULT, FRANCE) - GEOLOGICAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL CONTEXT, PERSPECTIVES

Authors
AMBERT P BRUGAL JP HOULES N
Citation
P. Ambert et al., RIEGE MAAR (HERAULT, FRANCE) - GEOLOGICAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL CONTEXT, PERSPECTIVES, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes, 322(2), 1996, pp. 125-132
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518050
Volume
322
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
125 - 132
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(1996)322:2<125:RM(F-G>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The geological context of the large mammals from Le Riege a locality k nown since the XIXth century, is now defined. The pyroclastic deposits from meridional maar's ring, and the internal lacustrine sediments, h ave recently given, at many points, new palaeontological remains. The discovery of the back part of an adult Bison skull showing the start o f the two horn-cores seems to conform with the definition of the sub-g enus Eobison, which, in agreement with datings other of volcanoes in t he region, indicates a Lower Pleistocene age.