Where: Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region, France (44.3° N, 1.7° E: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 1.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Perriere Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Cypselavus gallicus Gaillard 1908 swift | |
Reptilia | |
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Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825 gecko | |
Necrosaurus cayluxi Filhol 1873 squamates | |
Placosaurus sp. Gervais 1852 squamates
cf. Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard | |
Amphisbaenidae indet. worm lizard | |
Plesiolacerta cf. lydekkeri Hoffstetter 1942 squamates | |
Geiseltaliellus pradiguensis n. sp.3 Auge 2007 squamates USTL PRA 1221 (holotype), part of right maxilla
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Coniophis sp. Marsh 1892 snake | |
Dunnophis cadurcensis Rage 1974 dwarf boa | |
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 | |
? Eoanilius europae Rage 1974 snake | |
Mammalia | |
Peratherium lavergnense Crochet 1979 marsupial
Amphiperatherium minutum Aymard 1846 marsupial
Amphiperatherium fontense Crochet 1979 marsupial | |
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Haplomeryx euzetensis Depéret 1917 even-toed ungulate | |
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Tapirulus perrierensis n. sp.5
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Cynohyaenodon sp. Filhol 1873 creodont | |
Quercygale angustidens Filhol 1872 placental | |
Saturninia beata Crochet 1974 placental
Saturninia gracilis Stehlin 1940 placental | |
Suevosciurus sp. Dehm 1937 rodent
Pseudoltinomys sp. Lavocat 1951 rodent
Paradelomys crusafonti Thaler 1966 rodent
Theridomys "sp.2" Jourdan 1837 rodent | |
Gliravus sp. Stehlin and Schaub 1951 dormouse | |
"Adapis magnus" = Leptadapis magnus5
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Hipposideridae indet., cf. Hipposideros "sp.2", Hipposideros morloti, Hipposideros schlosseri, Palaeophyllophora "sp.1"
Hipposideridae indet. Lydekker 1891 leaf-nosed bat
cf. Hipposideros "sp.2" Gray 1831 roundleaf bat
Hipposideros morloti Pictet 1855 roundleaf bat
Hipposideros schlosseri Revilliod 1917 roundleaf bat
Palaeophyllophora "sp.1" Revilliod 1917 leaf-nosed bat | |
Rhinolophus "sp.2" Lacépède 1799 horseshoe bat | |
cf. Vespertiliavus wingei sac-winged bat
Vespertiliavus sp. Schlosser 1877 sac-winged bat | |
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Amphibia | |
cf. Eopelobates sp. Parker 1929 spadefoot toad | |
Urodela "Urodela C Crochet et al. 1981" salamander |