Rouzilhac: Ypresian - Lutetian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Crocodilia indet. (Owen 1842)
spelled with current rank as Crocodylia
Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847
12 specimens
"12 to 15 specimens"
Pristichampsus rollinati (Gray 1831)
95 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Eusuchia
Iberosuchus crassiproratus
22 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Neochelys sp. Bergounioux 1954
8 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines
Allaeochelys rouzilhacensis n. sp. Godinot et al. 2018
13 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788
5 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
cf. Hummelemys sp. Hervet 2004
1 specimen
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
cf. Trionyx michauxi Broin 1977
6 specimens
synonym of Trionyx silvestris
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Leonhardtina cf. gracilis Matthes 1952
1 specimen
    = Leonhardtina meridianum Solé et al. 2020
Solé et al. 2020
MNHN.F.RZ142
Oxyaenoides bicuspidens Matthes 1967
1 specimen
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Propachynolophus gaudryi Lemoine 1878
25 specimens
recombined as Propalaeotherium gaudryi
Pachynolophus livinierensis Savage et al. 1965
32 specimens
cf. Lophiotherium sp. Marsh 1871
1 specimen
Propachynolophus maldani Remy 2017
22 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae
Lophiodon aff. eygalayense Labarrère and Montenat 2011
78 specimens
78 measurements provided for dental specimens; postcrania not counted
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
Hyrachyus stehlini
2 specimens
Mammalia - Choeropotamidae
Lophiobunodon hookeri n. sp. Godinot et al. 2018
20 specimens
Mammalia - Dichobunidae
Aumelasia sudrei n. sp. Godinot et al. 2018
7 specimens
Protodichobune hellmundi n. sp. Godinot et al. 2018
5 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Ailuravus cf. michauxi Hartenberger 1975
1 specimen
Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae
Rouzilemur pulcher n. sp. Godinot et al. 2018
5 specimens
Europolemur midiensis n. sp. Godinot et al. 2018
17 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Occitanie County:Aude
Coordinates: 43.3° North, 2.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.3° North, 0.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Ypresian - Lutetian Mammal zone: MP10-11
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Molasse de Carcassonne
Stratigraphy comments: Age considered late Ypresian or early Lutetian based on mammalian biostratigraphy. Fossil bearing unit at base of local series of beds called "Grès d'Issel"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: "mélange de sable grossier, silt, stromatholithes dans le chenal contenant les fossiles
Environment:coarse channel fill
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:195457
Authorizer:P. Holroyd, P. Mannion Enterer:P. Holroyd, P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Holroyd Research group:vertebrate
Created:2018-08-09 15:00:09 Last modified:2018-08-09 16:03:59
Access level:the public Released:2018-08-09 15:00:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

66540. M. Godinot, H.-P. Labarrère, J. Erfurt, J. L. Franzen, B. Lange-Badre, F. Lapparent Broin, and D. Vidalenc. 2018. Un nouveau gisement à vertébrés éocènes, Rouzilhac (MP 10-11), dans la série molassique d’Issel (Aude, France). Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 37:141-333 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]

Secondary references:

72647 F. Solé, B. Marandat, and F. Lihoreau. 2020. The hyaenodonts (Mammalia) from the French locality of Aumelas (Hérault), with possible new representatives from the late Ypresian. Geodiversitas 42(13):185-214 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]