Also known as Alès Basin
Where: Gard, France (44.1° N, 4.1° E: paleocoordinates 43.9° N, 1.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: MP 26 (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• Lower Chattian, MP 26
Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; lenticular, carbonaceous mudstone and brown, argillaceous limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: sieve,
• Although not explicitly stated by Vianey-Liaud et al. (2014), the fossils well may have been obtained by screenwashing.
•The material from Saint-Privat-des-Vieux is housed in the Collections of Paleontology, Institut des Sciences-de l’Évolution, Montpellier 2 University (ISE-M, UM2).
Primary reference: M. Vianey-Liaud, B. Comte, B. Marandat, S. Peigné, J.-C. Rage and J. Sudre. 2014. A new early late Oligocene (MP 26) continental vertebrate fauna from Saint-Privat-des-Vieux (Alès Basin, Gard, Southern France). Geodiversitas 36(4):565-622 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 172927: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 01.09.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Cricetidae indet., Heterocricetodon gaimersheimensis, Pseudocricetodon incertus, Eucricetodon huerzeleri
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse 1 fragment of a left maxilla bearing a well-worn M1 (ISE-M, UM2 SPV20)
Heterocricetodon gaimersheimensis Freudenberg 1941 mouse 1 right M1 (ISE-M, UM2 SPV170), 3 M2 (SPV171 to 173), 1 right M3 (SPV174), 1 right m1 (SPV175), 1 left m2 (SPV178), 1 left m3 (SPV179)
Pseudocricetodon incertus Schlosser 1884 mouse 37 M1, 31 M2, 8 M3, 18 m1, 33 m2, 11 m3, and "numerous" lower incisors (catalogue numbers given only for a few specimens, are in the range of SPVxx to SPV1xx)
Eucricetodon huerzeleri Vianey-Liaud 1972 mouse 1 maxillary fragment bearig M1 and M2 (ISE-M, UM2 SPV 165), 1 M1 (SPV 166), 1 M2 (SPV167), 1 M2 and 1 m2 fragments (SPV168 and 169)
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"Gliravus bruijni" = Schizogliravus bruijni
"Gliravus bruijni" = Schizogliravus bruijni Hugueney 1967 dormouse 2 M1-2 (ISE-M, UM2 SPV192 and 193), 3 m1-2 (SPV194 to 196)
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Comtia bernardi n. gen. n. sp.
Comtia bernardi n. gen. n. sp. Vianey-Liaud et al. 2014 squirrel Holotype: right M?1 (ISE-M, UM2 SPV190)
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Aplodontidae indet. Brandt 1855 mountain beaver 2 small fragments of lower molars (ISE-M, UM2 SPV187 and 188), and 1 small fragment of an upper molar (SPV189)
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Eomys aff. zitteli Schlosser 1884 rodent 1 P4 (ISE-M, UM2 SPV180), 1 M1-2 (SPV181), 1 p4 (SPV185), 1 m1-2 (SPV184), 1 digested lower tooth row (SPV183)
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Protechimys major Schlosser 1884 rodent 2 p4 (ISE-M, UM2 SPV01), 1 fragment of left dp4 prelobe (SPV03), 4 complete m1-2 (SPV04 to 07), 3 fragments of m1-2 trigonids (no catalogue no. given), 1 right m3 (SPV09), 2 fragments of right maxillaries with severe digestion traces bearing M1-M2 (SPV10), 1 right P4 (SPV13), 1 lingual fragment of left P4 (SPV12), 1 left M2 (SPV14), 1 left M1-2 (SPV unnumbered)
Issiodoromys pauffiensis Vianey-Liaud 1976 rodent 29 DP4 (ISE-M, UM2 SPV200 to 228), 40 P4 (SPV229 to 266), 113 M1-2 (SPV 267 to 389), 26 M3 (SPV 390 to 414), 29 dp4 (SPV415 to 442), 21 p4 (SPV443 to 463), 101 m1-2 (SPV464-564), 23 m3 (SPV565 to 589)
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Thereutherium thylacodes Filhol 1876 creodont 1 distal fragment of right M1 (ISE-M, UM2 SPV621, figured as "distal fragment of right M2, SPV 681")
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cf. Palaeogale sp. von Meyer 1846 carnivoran 1 incomplete left p3 (ISE-M, UM2 SPV620, figured as "SPV680")
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Lophiomeryx cf. chalaniati Pomel 1853 ruminant 1 left P4, 1 left p3, 1 calcaneum (ISE-M, UM2 SPV700)
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Bachitherium sp. Filhol 1882 ruminant 1 rght P4, 1 trigonid of a left lower molar (no catalogue numbers given)
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Caenomeryx cf. communis even-toed ungulate probably refers to Caenomeryx procommunis (Filhol, 1877), see comments on taxonomic list; 1 right mandible fragment with alveoli of p1 to p3 and with well preserved p4, 1 right P4 (no catalogue numbers given)
Plesiomeryx sp. Gervais even-toed ungulate 1 left DP3, 1 fragment of right upper molar (ISE-M, UM2 SPV650)
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Cuvierimops sp. Legendre and Sigé 1983 free-tailed bat 1 left m2 (ISE-M, UM2 SPV812), 1 left m3 (SPV814), 1 fragment of left mandible bearing p4-m1 (SPV810), 1 right C (SPV815), 1 left P4 (no catalogue no. given), 1 left M1 (SPV816), 2 right M2 (SPV817), 1 fragmentary M3 (SPV820)
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Reptilia | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
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Platyspondylia sp. Rage 1974 dwarf boa 11 trunk vertebrae (ISE-M, UM2 SPV737), and 4 caudal vertebrae (SPV738 to 741)
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Amphisbaenia indet. worm lizard 1 premaxilla (ISE-M, UM2 SPV734), and 11 trunk vertebrae (SPV732 and 733)
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Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard "Ophisaurus sensu lato"; 6 trunk vertebrae (ISE-M, UM2 SPV727), 15 caudal vertebrae (SPV728), and about 140 osteoderms (SPV729)
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? Shinisauria indet. Conrad 2008 squamates 1 incomplete maxilla (ISE-M, UM2 SPV709), and 1 dentary fragment (SPV730)
Lacertilia indet. Owen 1842 lizard "Lizard indet."; 1 incomplete parietal (ISE-M, UM2 SPV735), 1 incomplete frontal (SPV736)
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Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 squamates amblyodont form; 2 fragments of dentigerous bone (ISE-M, UM2 SPV726)
Lacerta cf. filholi Augé 1988 squamates 6 incomplete maxillae (ISE-M, UM2 SPV723), 5 incomplete dentaries (SPV724), 4 fragments of dentigerous bone (SPV725)
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Krokolithes sp. Hirsch 1985 crocodile eggshell Ootaxon, "may represent eggs of Diplocynodon"; 7 small fragments, 1 to 3 mm² and 0.33 to 0.45 mm thick (SPV750)
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Crocodylia indet. crocodilian presumably Diplocynodon; about 200 isolated more or less complete conical (ISE-M, UM2 SPV744) and globular (SPV745) teeth, and 5 fragments of skull bones (SPV746)
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Amphibia | |
Caudata indet. salamander 1 radius (ISE-M, UM2 SPV711), 1 femur (SPV712), and 1 incomplete humerus (SPV713)
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Alytidae indet. Fitzinger 1843 midwife toads "Genus Discoglossus or Latonia"; 4 incomplete maxillae (ISE-M, UM2 SPV714), 1 angular (SPV715), 2 urostyles (SPV716), 1 scapula (SPV702), 1 humerus (SPV703), 9 ilia (SPV 701 and 717)
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Pelophylax sp. Fitzinger 1843 frog 4 incomplete maxillae (ISE-M, UM2 SPV718), 1 angular (SPV719), 1 vertebra (SPV720), 1 urostyle (SPV721), 1 humerus (SPV705), 6 ilia (SPV704 and 722)
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