Le Clot (Eocene of France)

Where: Corbieres, France (43.1° N, 2.5° E: paleocoordinates 38.5° N, 0.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; marl

• grey/white marls

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: B. Marandat, S. Adnet, L. Marivaux, A. Martinez, M. Vianey-Liaud and R. Tabuce. 2012. A new mammalian fauna from the earliest Eocene (Ilerdian) of the Corbières (Southern France): palaeobiogeographical implications. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 105:417-434 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182668: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 21.11.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
? Peratherium constans
? Peratherium constans Teilhard de Jardin 1927 marsupial
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Lessnessina praecipuus
Lessnessina praecipuus Russell 1987 condylarth
UM/CLO35-37
 Perissodactyla -
Paschatherium plaziati
Paschatherium plaziati Marandat 1989 odd-toed ungulate
UM/CLO 32, 39-42
 Placentalia -
"Lipotyphla indet." = Eulipotyphla
"Lipotyphla indet." = Eulipotyphla placental
"a lipotyphlan insectivore maybe close to Saturninia sp. or Leptacodon sp."
 Rodentia - Paramyidae
Paramyidae indet., Corbarimys hottingeri
Paramyidae indet. Miller and Gidley 1918 rodent
Corbarimys hottingeri Marandat 1989 rodent
UM/CLO specimens
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Ectypodus riansensis
Ectypodus riansensis Marandat et al. 2012 multituberculate
UM/CLO 33, 38, 43 and 44