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: Escamps zone, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• European Mammal Zone ('Niveau Repère') based on rodents
Environment/lithology: karst; phosphorite
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Reposited in the MNHN
• Amphidozotherium cayluxi and Saturninia gracilis specimens are in the MNHN collections.
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 12843: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 20.12.2001, edited by Robin Whatley and Terri Cleary
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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"Gliravus priscus" = Glamys priscus
"Gliravus priscus" = Glamys priscus Stehlin and Schaub 1951 dormouse | |
Patriotheridomys altus Vianey-Liaud 1974 rodent
Theridomys "sp.3" Jourdan 1837 rodent
Paradelomys spelaeus rodent
Pseudoltinomys cuvieri rodent | |
Sciuroides sp. Major 1873 rodent | |
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cf. Plagiolophus minor Cuvier 1804 odd-toed ungulate | |
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Rhinolophus cf. priscus Revilliod 1920 horseshoe bat | |
cf. Palaeophyllophora quercyi Revilliod 1917 leaf-nosed bat
cf. Hipposideros morloti Pictet 1855 roundleaf bat
Hipposideros schlosseri Revilliod 1917 roundleaf bat | |
Amphiperatherium ambiguum, Amphiperatherium minutum, Amphiperatherium lamandini, Peratherium cuvieri
Amphiperatherium ambiguum Filhol 1877 marsupial
Amphiperatherium minutum Aymard 1846 marsupial
Amphiperatherium lamandini Filhol 1876 marsupial
Peratherium cuvieri Fisher 1829 marsupial | |
Reptilia | |
? Ergilemys sp. Ckhikvadze 1972 turtle | |
Dunnophis cadurcensis Rage 1974 dwarf boa | |
Boidae "Boidae K" Gray 1825 boa
Boidae "Boidae L" Gray 1825 boa
Cadurcoboa insolita Rage 1978 boa
Palaeopython cadurcensis Filhol 1877 boa | |
Amphisbaenidae indet. worm lizard | |
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"Cadurcogekko rugosus n. sp." = Gekkomimus rugosus2 Augé 2005 skink MNHN No. SND 622 (holotype), left dentary. Partial left dentary no longer listed, as was re-identified as Cadurciguana hoffstetteri by ref. 59435. Other material listed in Auge 2005 reassigned to C. verus.
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Necrosaurus cayluxi Filhol 1873 squamates | |
Placosaurus sp. Gervais 1852 squamates
cf. Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard | |
Geiseltaliellus lamandini2 Filhol 1877 squamates incomplete right dentary; incomplete right maxilla(?); one premaxilla
Cadurciguana hoffstetteri2 Auge 1987 squamates two dorsal vertebrae; one caudal vertebra, Additional specimen re-identified and moved from "C. rugosus" (Ref. 59435): USTL SND 625 (no ID no. in Auge 2005), partial left dentary
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Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825 gecko
Cadurcogekko verus3 Bolet et al. 2015 gecko USTL SND 2016, frontal; SND 626 and 627, two dorsal vertebrae. Previously referred to C. rugosus.
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Gracilicerta sindexi n. gen. n. sp.2 Augé 2005 squamates USTL SND 623 (holotype), right dentary; additional incomplete right dentary in MNHN Mathis coll.
Plesiolacerta cf. lydekkeri Hoffstetter 1942 squamates | |
Amphibia | |
Urodela "Urodela C Crochet et al. 1981" salamander
Megalotriton sp. Zittel 1890 newt | |
Enigmatosaurus bottii spadefoot toad
cf. Eopelobates sp. Parker 1929 spadefoot toad | |
? Ranidae indet. Rafinesque 1814 frog |