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Montceau-les-Mines
Montceau-les-Mines () is a Communes of France, commune in the Saône-et-Loire Departments of France, department in the Regions of France, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. It is the second-largest commune of the metropolitan Communauté urbaine Creusot Montceau, which lies southwest of the city of Dijon. History Montceau-les-Mines is a former mining city. Coal was discovered in the area in the 16th Century. A hamlet called "Le Montceau" developed from this discovery. "Le Montceau" began to grow after the building of the Canal du Centre (France), Canal du Centre, built between 1783 and 1791. A business entity, "Compagnie des mines", started to extract coals in 1833. The commune was officially established June 24, 1856. as Montceau-les-Mines, a community of 1300 inhabitants, drawn from a territory formed from the villages of Blanzy, Saint-Vallier, Saint-Berain-sous-Sanvignes, and Sanvignes-les-Mines. A graveyard and a church were built by the principal coal co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthropleura
''Arthropleura'', from Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (''árthron''), meaning "joint", and πλευρά (''pleurá''), meaning "rib", is an extinct genus of massive myriapoda, myriapod that lived in what is now Europe and North America around 344 to 292 Myr, million years ago, from the Viséan stage of the lower Carboniferous period to the Sakmarian stage of the lower Permian period. It is a millipede, and was capable of reaching at least in length, possibly up to over , making it the largest known land arthropod of all time. ''Arthropleura'' is known from body fossils as well as trace fossils, particularly giant trackways up to wide, and potentially also large burrows. It lived in open, sparsely wooded environments near water, and was possibly amphibious. Classification First discovered in 1849 during construction of a railway near Friedrichsthal in Germany, ''Arthropleura'' has consistently attracted much artistic and scientific attention, yet has historically been known fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communauté Urbaine Creusot Montceau
The Communauté urbaine Creusot Montceau (official name: ''Communauté urbaine Le Creusot – Montceau les Mines'') is the ''communauté urbaine'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the cities of Le Creusot and Montceau-les-Mines. It is located in the Saône-et-Loire department, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, eastern France. It was created in 1970.CU Le Creusot Montceau-les-Mines (N° SIREN : 247100290) BANATIC. Accessed 17 October 2024. Its area is 742.0 km2. Its population was 93,072 in 2018, of which 21,491 in Le Creusot and 17,897 in Montceau-les-Mines. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lagerstätte
A Fossil-Lagerstätte (, from ''Lager'' 'storage, lair' '' Stätte'' 'place'; plural ''Lagerstätten'') is a sedimentary deposit that preserves an exceptionally high amount of palaeontological information. ''Konzentrat-Lagerstätten'' preserve a high concentration of fossils, while ''Konservat-Lagerstätten'' offer exceptional fossil preservation, sometimes including preserved soft tissues. ''Konservat-Lagerstätten'' may have resulted from carcass burial in an anoxic environment with minimal bacteria, thus delaying the decomposition of both gross and fine biological features until long after a durable impression was created in the surrounding matrix. ''Fossil-Lagerstätten'' spans geological time from the Neoproterozoic era to the present. Worldwide, some of the best examples of near-perfect fossilization are the Cambrian Maotianshan shales and Burgess Shale, the Ordovician Soom Shale, the Silurian Waukesha Biota, the Devonian Hunsrück Slates and Gogo Formation, the Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alanops
''Alanops'' is a genus of xiphosuran from the Carboniferous Montceau-les-Mines lagerstätte of France. This genus contains one species, ''Alanops magnificus''. It is known from over 140 specimens and was likely capable of volvation, as evidenced by features on its carapace. Description Prosoma ''Alanops'' has a globose (spherical) prosomal shield with a circular outline. In side view this shield is strongly arched (around 3 times longer than tall) with the curvature increasing as it approaches the front. Its posterior (backwards) margin bends sharply downwards forming a flat wall partly closing off the prosoma. A faint peripheral flange can be seen as a low ridge running around the prosoma. This ridge also delineates two regions of the prosoma. The subfrontal area continues the ventral curvature of the frontal prosoma, with a small beak-like structure and lappet extending from the front. While the posterolateral (back and side) corners are rounded and lack spines, in a few ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canal Du Centre (France)
The Canal du Centre (), originally known as the Canal du Charollais (), is a French canal running from Digoin, where it now joins the Canal latéral à la Loire, to the Saône at Chalon-sur-Saône. It was opened in 1792 and was the first watershed canal allowing boats to pass from the north of France to the south. It is long and has 61 locks. Most of its traffic was generated by now abandoned coal mines at Montceau-les-Mines. History The canal was first suggested during the 16th century, under King Francis I and a detailed plan was prepared by Adam de Craponne in the time of Henry II. But nothing more happened until the Chief Engineer of Burgundy, Émiland Gauthey obtained building powers in 1783. He selected a route which joined the valleys of the Loire and Saône and provided adequate water supplies at the summit. The first stone was laid in 1784 by Prince de Condé and despite the intervention of exceptional floods on the Loire in 1790, which totally wrecked a new p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire (; Arpitan: ''Sona-et-Lêre'') is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part. Saône-et-Loire is Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's most populous department with a population of 551,493 as of 2019.Populations légales 2019: 71 Saône-et-Loire INSEE It is also its southernmost department, as it is situated on the regional border with . Saône-et-Loire's |
Anebos
''Anebos phrixos'' (from Greek ''anebos'' “young” and ''phrixos'' “bristling”, referring to its numerous spines and the only fossil being a nymph) is an enigmatic species of insect from the Carboniferous Montceau-les-Mines lagerstätte of France. It is the only species within the genus ''Anebos''. Description ''Anebos'' is known from a young nymph roughly long. Its body is covered in many large spines, with a row extending along the sides of the body. Its head is opisthognathous (mandibles pointing backward) and tucked under the pronotum (first segment of the body), with an array of tubercles marking out a square shape. Behind these tubercles a pair of antennae attach, and although their segmentation is unclear they were likely filiform (thread-shaped). Behind these an eye is preserved, although its details are unclear. The mouthparts are seemingly triangular, and end below the first leg pair. The pronotum is narrow with a fan of four side-facing spines. While appendage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idmonarachne
''Idmonarachne'' is an extinct genus of arachnids, containing one species, ''Idmonarachne brasieri''. It is related to uraraneids and spiders. Fossil A fossil assigned to this genus was found at Montceau-les-Mines, France, in ironstone concretion deposits of Late Carboniferous ( Stephanian) age, about 305–299 million years old. Montceau fossils are generally preserved in such a way that fine details can be observed and three-dimensional analysis is possible. In the case of ''Idmonarachne'', computerized tomography was used to construct a "virtual fossil". Description The total body length of the fossil is around 10.5 mm, with the preserved part of the carapace of the cephalothorax about 5 mm long and the opisthosoma (abdomen) about 6 mm long. The eight walking legs are more-or-less uniform in appearance, with the fourth leg longest at about 8.5 mm and the first shortest at about 6.5 mm. The legs terminate in at least two claws. The two pedipalps are sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amphinomida
Amphinomida is an order of marine polychaetes. The order contains two families: * ''Amphinomidae Amphinomidae, also known as the fireworms, bristle worms or sea mice, are a family (biology), family of marine polychaetes, many species of which bear chaetae mineralized with carbonate. The best-known amphinomids are the fireworms, which can ca ...'' Lamarck, 1818 * '' Euphrosinidae'' Williams, 1852 The fossil record of this taxon (not abundant in annelids overall because this taxon lacks a mineralized skeleton) includes ''Palaeocampa anthrax'' Meek & Worthen, 1865 from the Late Carboniferous site of Montceau-les-Mines. References Errantia Annelid orders {{annelid-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bourbince
The Bourbince () is an long river in the Saône-et-Loire ''département'', in central eastern France. Its source is at Montcenis. It flows generally southwest. It is a left tributary of the river Arroux into which it flows at Digoin. Communes along its course The Bourbince flows through the following communes, ordered from source to mouth: Montcenis, Torcy, Les Bizots, Saint-Eusèbe, Blanzy, Montceau-les-Mines, Saint-Vallier, Pouilloux, Ciry-le-Noble, Génelard, Palinges, Saint-Aubin-en-Charollais, Volesvres, Vitry-en-Charollais, Paray-le-Monial, Saint-Léger-lès-Paray, Digoin Digoin () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. The junction of the '' Canal du Centre'' and the '' Canal latéral à la Loire'' is near Digoin. Geography The river Bourbin .... References External links * Rivers of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Rivers of France Rivers of Saône-et-Loire {{France-rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamprey
Lampreys (sometimes inaccurately called lamprey eels) are a group of Agnatha, jawless fish comprising the order (biology), order Petromyzontiformes , sole order in the Class (biology), class Petromyzontida. The adult lamprey is characterized by a toothed, funnel-like sucking mouth. The common name "lamprey" is probably derived from Latin , which may mean "stone licker" ( "to lick" + "stone"), though the etymology is uncertain. "Lamprey" is sometimes seen for the plural form. About 38 extant species of lampreys are known, with around seven known extinct species. They are classified in three families—two small families in the Southern Hemisphere (Geotriidae, Mordaciidae) and one large family in the Northern Hemisphere (Petromyzontidae). Genetic evidence suggests that lampreys are more closely related to hagfish, the only other living group of jawless fish, than they are to jawed vertebrates, forming the superclass Cyclostomi. The oldest fossils of stem-group lampreys are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Saône-et-Loire Department
The following is a list of the 563 communes of the Saône-et-Loire department of France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan .... The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Périmètre des groupements en 2025 BANATIC. Accessed 28 May 2025. * Communauté urbaine Creusot Montceau * Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
