PBDB Collection

Les Pradigues (Eocene of France)

Where: Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region, France (44.3° N, 1.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 38.4° N, 6.3° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Perriere Formation, Priabonian (37.7 - 33.9 Ma)

• European Mammal Zone ('Niveau Repère') based on rodents. "probably Perriere level"

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: karst; phosphorite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J.-Y. Crochet, J.-L. Hartenberger, J.-C. Rage, J.A. Remy, B. Sige, J. Sudre, and M. Vianey-Liaud. 1981. Les nouvelles faunes de vertebres anterieurs a la "Grande Coupure" decouvertes dans les phosphorites du Quercy. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 3(3):245-266 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 12841: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 20.12.2001, edited by Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Squamata - Gekkonidae	Gekkonidae indet., Cadurcogekko verus n. sp.⁴, Cadurcogekko piveteaui² Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825 gecko Cadurcogekko verus n. sp.⁴ Bolet et al. 2015 gecko right maxilla Cadurcogekko piveteaui² Hoffstetter 1946 gecko twelve dentaries, two maxillae
Squamata - Iguanidae	Cadurciguana hoffstetteri², Geiseltaliellus sp.², Geiseltaliellus pradiguensis n. sp.³ Cadurciguana hoffstetteri² Auge 1987 squamates three incomplete right dentaries; left dentary Geiseltaliellus sp.² Kuhn 1944 squamates complete premaxilla; incomplete right maxilla Geiseltaliellus pradiguensis n. sp.³ Auge 2007 squamates USTL PRA 1221 (holotype), part of right maxilla
Squamata - Amphisbaenidae	Amphisbaenidae indet. Amphisbaenidae indet. worm lizard
Squamata - Necrosauridae	Necrosaurus cayluxi, Necrosaurus eucarinatus² Necrosaurus cayluxi Filhol 1873 squamates Necrosaurus eucarinatus² Kuhn 1940 squamates USTL PRA 8, frontal
Squamata - Anguidae	Placosaurus sp., cf. Ophisaurus sp., Anguini indet.², Helvetisaurus picteti² Placosaurus sp. Gervais 1852 squamates cf. Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard Anguini indet.² Augé 2005 squamates Helvetisaurus picteti² Hoffstetter 1942 squamates USTL PRA 7, palatine
Squamata - Lacertidae	Plesiolacerta cf. lydekkeri Plesiolacerta cf. lydekkeri Hoffstetter 1942 squamates
Squamata - Tropidophiidae	Dunnophis cadurcensis Dunnophis cadurcensis Rage 1974 dwarf boa
Squamata - Boidae	Boidae "Boidae J", Boidae "Boidae K", Boidae "Boidae M", Cadurceryx filholi, Palaeopython cadurcensis Boidae "Boidae J" Gray 1825 boa Boidae "Boidae K" Gray 1825 boa Boidae "Boidae M" Gray 1825 boa Cadurceryx filholi Hoffstetter and Rage 1972 sand boa Palaeopython cadurcensis Filhol 1877 boa
Squamata -	? Eoanilius europae, Coniophis sp. ? Eoanilius europae Rage 1974 snake Coniophis sp. Marsh 1892 snake
Squamata - Cordylidae	Pseudolacerta sp.¹, Pseudolacerta mucronata¹, Pseudolacerta quercyini², Eocordyla mathisi² Pseudolacerta sp.¹ De Stefano 1903 spinytail lizard Pseudolacerta mucronata¹ Filhol 1877 spinytail lizard Pseudolacerta quercyini² Augé 2005 spinytail lizard incomplete left dentary Eocordyla mathisi² Augé 2005 spinytail lizard incomplete right dentary
Aves
Apodiformes - Aegialornithidae	Cypselavus gallicus Cypselavus gallicus Gaillard 1908 swift
Mammalia
Cimolesta - Apatemyidae	Heterohyus sudrei Heterohyus sudrei Sigé 1975 eutherian Heterohyus (Gardonyus) sudrei
Chiroptera - Emballonuridae	cf. Vespertiliavus wingei, Vespertiliavus sp. cf. Vespertiliavus wingei sac-winged bat Vespertiliavus sp. Schlosser 1877 sac-winged bat
Chiroptera - Hipposideridae	Hipposideridae indet., Palaeophyllophora "sp.1", cf. Hipposideros "sp.2", Hipposideros morloti, Hipposideros schlosseri Hipposideridae indet. Lydekker 1891 leaf-nosed bat Palaeophyllophora "sp.1" Revilliod 1917 leaf-nosed bat cf. Hipposideros "sp.2" Gray 1831 roundleaf bat Hipposideros morloti Pictet 1855 roundleaf bat Hipposideros schlosseri Revilliod 1917 roundleaf bat
Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae	Rhinolophus "sp.2" Rhinolophus "sp.2" Lacépède 1799 horseshoe bat
Rodentia - Gliridae	Gliravus sp. Gliravus sp. Stehlin and Schaub 1951 dormouse
Rodentia - Theridomyidae	Theridomys "sp.2", Paradelomys crusafonti, Pseudoltinomys sp., Suevosciurus sp. Theridomys "sp.2" Jourdan 1837 rodent Paradelomys crusafonti Thaler 1966 rodent Pseudoltinomys sp. Lavocat 1951 rodent Suevosciurus sp. Dehm 1937 rodent
Primates - Adapidae	"Adapis magnus" = Leptadapis magnus⁵ "Adapis magnus" = Leptadapis magnus⁵ Filhol 1874 primate
Primates - Omomyidae	Pseudoloris parvulus⁵, Necrolemur antiquus⁵ Pseudoloris parvulus⁵ Filhol 1890 tarsier Necrolemur antiquus⁵ Filhol 1873 tarsier
Hyaenodonta - Hyaenodontidae	Cynohyaenodon sp. Cynohyaenodon sp. Filhol 1873 placental
Ferae -	Quercygale angustidens Quercygale angustidens Filhol 1872 placental
Artiodactyla - Amphimerycidae	Pseudamphimeryx renevieri⁵ Pseudamphimeryx renevieri⁵ Pictet and Humbert 1869 even-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Xiphodontidae	Haplomeryx euzetensis, Leptotheridium lugeoni⁵ Haplomeryx euzetensis Depéret 1917 even-toed ungulate Leptotheridium lugeoni⁵ Stehlin 1910 even-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Mixtotheriidae	Mixtotherium cuspidatum⁵ Mixtotherium cuspidatum⁵ Filhol 1880 even-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Robiacinidae	Robiacina quercyi⁵ Robiacina quercyi⁵ Sudre 1977 even-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Tapirulidae	Tapirulus perrierensis n. sp.⁵ Tapirulus perrierensis n. sp.⁵ Sudre 1978 even-toed ungulate
Soricomorpha - Nyctitheriidae	Saturninia beata, Saturninia gracilis Saturninia beata Crochet 1974 placental Saturninia gracilis Stehlin 1940 placental
Tribosphenida - Herpetotheriidae	Amphiperatherium minutum, Amphiperatherium fontense, Peratherium lavergnense Amphiperatherium minutum Aymard 1846 marsupial Amphiperatherium fontense Crochet 1979 marsupial Peratherium lavergnense Crochet 1979 marsupial
Amphibia
Salientia - Pelobatidae	cf. Eopelobates sp. cf. Eopelobates sp. Parker 1929 spadefoot toad
Caudata - Urodela	Urodela "Urodela C Crochet et al. 1981" Urodela "Urodela C Crochet et al. 1981" salamander

¹Augé 1987; ²Augé 2005; ³Auge 2007; ⁴Bolet et al. 2015; ⁵Sudre 1978