Révision d'un site paléontologique célèbre : Saint-Prest (Chartres, France)

摘要: The site of Saint-Prest is located in a karstic depression opened the upper part slope Eure Valley. This first filled by periglacial alluvial sands and gravels river (very high terrace), then covered clayey sand where interglacial fauna has been found. Above there are two formations: cailloutis deriving from plateau-deposits sandy loess. complex older than 800 Kyr, restricted to depression, saalian weichselian loesses. Many papers have written about fossiliferous since its discovery one half century ago: age not far boundary Villafranchian period, some scholars thought recognize it numerous trails activity an early man ancestor. A new analysis shows that 11 mammalian species actually present: Deperet's Mammoth Mammuthus meridionalis depereti COPPENS BEDEN; evoluted form Etruscan Rhino Dicerorhinus etruscus brachycephalus (SCHROEDER), GUERIN; Stenon's Horse Equus stenonis COCCHI; Carnute Elk Alces carnutorum (LAUGEL); Verticornis Deer Praemegaceros verticornis (DAWKINS); large relative Red Deer, Cervus sp. 1 cf. elaphus LINNE; small specifically undetermined Fallow Cervidae 2 aff. Dama sp.; Forest Bison schoetensacki FREUDENBERG; European Hippo Hippopotamus major CUVIER; Boisvillette's giant Beaver Trogontherium cuvieri boisvilletti Short-faced Hyeana Pachycrocuta brevirostris (AYMARD). mammoth most common (174 remains), followed (21 remains) forest Bison, other Mammals being always less 10 remains each. type-locality for three these taxa, mammoth, Giant Beaver. Such allows us date MNQ 20 standardzone, with absolute roughly My. community clearly indicates open landscape under temperate wet climate, near (Eure).