Aumelas 1: Ypresian - Lutetian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae
Anchomomys cf. gaillardi Stehlin 1916
Sudre 1978 1 specimen
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Microparamys sp. Wood 1959
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Proviverrinae indet. Schlosser 1886
Sudre 1980
    = Leonhardtina meridianum n. sp. Solé et al. 2020
Solé et al. 2020
UM-AUM54 - type; referred material: UM-AUM530
Matthodon peignei n. sp. Solé et al. 2020
Solé et al. 2020
UM-AUM694 - type; referred material: UM-AUM268
Oxyaenoides aumelasiensis n. sp. Solé et al. 2020
Solé et al. 2020
UM-AUM693 - type; referred material: UM-AUM686, 692 and 695
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Propalaeotherium cf. gaudryi (Lemoine 1878)
Remy et al. 2019
AUM 206 and more
Propalaeotherium sp. Gervais
    = Propalaeotherium sudrei n. sp. Remy et al. 2016
Remy et al. 2016
AUM 181 - type
Pachynolophus sp. Pomel 1847
Remy et al. 2019
AUM 227 and more
Pachynolophus ruscassierensis n. sp. Remy et al. 2019
Remy et al. 2019
UM-AUM 231 - type
Lophiotherium sp. Marsh 1871
AUM 172 and more
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
Chasmotherium sp. Rutimeyer
synonym of Hyrachyus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae
Lophiodon leptorhynchum Filhol 1888
Mammalia - Dichobunidae
Hyperdichobune sp. Stehlin 1910
Sudre 1978 2 specimens
    = Eurodexis cf. russelli Sudre and Erfurt 1996
Luccisano et al. 2020
UM-AUM77
Cebochoerus cf. ruetimeyeri Stehlin 1908
Sudre 1978 2 specimens
Cebochoerus n. subgen. (Cebochoerus) cf. ruetimeyeri
    = Aumelasia gabineaudi n. gen., n. sp. Sudre 1980
Sudre 1980
UM AUM 145 - holotype; referred material: UM-AUM09
Dichobune aff. robertiana Gervais 1848
Luccisano et al. 2020
UM-AUM183, 184, 687
Mammalia - Choeropotamidae
Lophiobunodon minervoisensis Deperet 1908
Luccisano et al. 2020
UM-AUM 437-447, 502, 504, 1701-1711
Mammalia - Lipotyphla
Lipotyphla indet. Haeckel 1866
Sudre 1980
synonym of Eulipotyphla
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
Saturninia sp. Stehlin 1940
Sudre 1980
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Archaeonycteridae
Palaeochiropteryx sp. Revilliod 1917
Sudre 1980
Mammalia
Amphiperatherium bastbergense Crochet 1979
Sudre 1980
Peratherium sp. Aymard 1850
    = Amphiperatherium goethei Crochet 1979
Sudre 1980
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudinoidea indet. Gray 1825
Hervet 2004
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
    = Palaeochelys sp. Meyer 1847
Sudre 1980
Reptilia - Boidae
Boidae indet. Gray 1825
Reptilia
Amphisbaenia indet. Gray 1844
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguidae indet. Gray 1825
Anguini indet. Augé 2005
Augé 2005
Reptilia - Gekkonidae
Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Reptilia
Iberosuchus sp. Antunes 1975
Martin 2016
AUM 458, 459, 465, 466, 472, 474, 477
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Urodela indet. (Duméril 1805)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Alytidae
Discoglossinae indet. Günther 1859
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Biomphalaria pseudoammonius
Remy et al. 2019
unclassified
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
    = Limnaea michelini
Remy et al. 2019
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Languedoc-Roussillon Region County:Herault Departement
Coordinates: 43.6° North, 3.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.6° North, 0.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary - Early/Lower Tertiary *Epoch:Middle Eocene - Middle Eocene
*International age/stage:Lutetian - Lutetian *Local age/stage:Late/Upper Lutetian - Late/Upper Lutetian
Key time interval:Ypresian - Lutetian Mammal zone: MP 13
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: The level might be related to the MP 13 European mammal level; Solé et al. (2020) suggest a late Ypresian-early Lutetian age
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Massive, hard, crystalline lacustrine limestone
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:chemical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: The hard matrix necessitated a very long acid attack for preparation.
Taxonomic list comments:The taxa listed in ref. 8517 are just said to belong to "Aumelas", but they most probably come from Aumelas 1 since Aumelas 2 is said to have yielded only "undeterminable material".
Metadata
Also known as:Aumelas
Database number:31717
Authorizer:E. Fara, P. Barrett, P. Mannion, D. Nicholson Enterer:E. Fara, D. Nicholson, T. Cleary, P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-05-23 00:46:01 Last modified:2020-08-25 10:08:59
Access level:the public Released:2003-05-23 00:46:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
8544. J.-L. Hartenberger, B. Sigé, and J. Sudre. 1969. Les gisements de vertebres de la region montpellieraine; 1. Gisements eocenes. Bulletin du B.R.G.M. (Bureau de recherche Geologique et Miniere) 1(1):7-18 [E. Fara/E. Fara/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

59290 M. L. Augé. 2005. Evolution des lézards du Paléogène en Europe. Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 192:1-369 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary/T. Cleary]
58591 S. Hervet. 2004. Systématique du groupe "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) du Tertiaire d'Europe occidentale: principaux résultats [Systematic of the "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" group (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) from the Tertiary of Western Europe: principal results. Annales de Paléontologie 90(1):13-78 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]
73551 V. Luccisano, J. Sudre, and F. Lihoreau. 2020. Revision of the Eocene artiodactyls (Mammalia, Placentalia) from Aumelas and Saint-Martin-de-Londres (Montpellier limestones, Hérault, France) questions the early European artiodactyl radiation. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18(19):1631-1656 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
62731 J. E. Martin. 2016. New material of the ziphodont mesoeucrocodylian Iberosuchus from the Eocene of Languedoc, southern France. Annales de Paléontologie 102:135-144 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
60705 J. A. Remy, G. Krasovec, and B. Marandat. 2016. A new species of Propalaeotherium (Palaeotheriidae, Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Middle Eocene locality of Aumelas (Hérault, France). Palaeovertebrata 40(2) [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
69773 J. A. Remy, G. Krasovec, Lopez, B. Marandat, and F. Lihoreau. 2019. The Palaeotheriidae (Equoidea, Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Eocene fauna of Aumelas (Hérault department, France). Geodiversitas 41(13):525-585 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
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]
85175% 7400J. Sudre. 1978. Les artiodactyles de l'Eocene moyen et superieur d'Europe occidentale; systematique et evolution. Memoires et Travaux de l'Institut de Montpellier de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes 7:1-229 [E. Fara/E. Fara/M. Uhen]
60880 J. Sudre. 1980. Aumelasia gabineaudi n.g. n.sp. nouveau Dichobunidae (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) du gisement d'Aumelas (Hérault) d'âge Lutétien terminal. Palaeovertebrata, Mémoire Jubilaire R. Lavocat 9:197-211 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]