Domérat (Eocene to of France)

Also known as Montlucon–Domérat basin

Where: Allier, France (46.4° N, 2.5° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 1.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 18-19 mammal zone, MP 18 to MP 18 (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• Ludian, Middle Priabonian, Late Eocene

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "channel"; green claystone

• Dark green clay

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J.-L. Meloux, J. A. Remy, J. Sudre, M. Turland, and M. Vianey-Liaud. 1996. Découverte d’une faune à Palaeotherium et Anoplotherium dans le bassin tertiaire de Domérat (Allier). Géologie de la France 2:69-78 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 143459: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 23.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Diplocynodon elavericus n. sp.
Diplocynodon elavericus n. sp. Martin 2010 crocodilian
Rhinopolis B3 - type (an almost complete skull with mandibular fragments and some osteoderms)
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Plagiolophus minor, Palaeotherium sp., Palaeotherium magnum
Plagiolophus minor Cuvier 1804 odd-toed ungulate
DOM 20, 39, 40, 87, 98, 121, 123, 124
Palaeotherium sp. Cuvier 1804 odd-toed ungulate
DOM 42, 43, 60, 106, 122
Palaeotherium magnum Cuvier 1804 odd-toed ungulate
DOM 5-7, 11, 100
 Artiodactyla - Amphimerycidae
Amphimeryx cf. murinus
Amphimeryx cf. murinus Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate
DOM 56
 Artiodactyla - Anoplotheriidae
Anoplotherium commune
Anoplotherium commune Cuvier 1804 even-toed ungulate
DOM 4, 23, 44, 61, 99, 125-128
 Artiodactyla - Xiphodontidae
Xiphodon gracile
Xiphodon gracile Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate
DOM 48