PBDB Collection

Coderet (MP 30) (Oligocene of France)

Also known as Coderet-Bransat (Allier)

Where: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (46.3° N, 3.2° E: paleocoordinates 46.1° N, 0.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: MP 30 mammal zone, MP 30 (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• Late Oligocene, MP30, Coderet level

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179146: authorized by Paul Barrett, entered by Terri Cleary on 02.06.2016, edited by Patricia Holroyd, Philip Mannion and Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
Charadriiformes - Turnicidae	Turnicidae indet.³ Turnicidae indet.³ Gray 1840 buttonquail
Reptilia
Squamata - Cordylidae	? Cordylidae sp. ? Cordylidae sp. Gray 1837 spinytail lizard six dorsal vertebrae, ?one premaxilla, ?one dentary and maxilla
Squamata - Amphisbaenidae	Amphisbaenidae indet. Amphisbaenidae indet. Gray 1865 worm lizard about forty dorsal vertebrae, a left dentary, a premaxilla
Squamata - Lacertidae	Lacertidae indet., Mediolacerta roceki, Lacerta filholi, Dracaenosaurus croizeti Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 squamates six premaxillae, a frontal, a parietal Mediolacerta roceki Augé 2005 squamates three right dentaries, six left dentaries, one right maxilla, one incomplete left maxilla, ?one premaxilla Lacerta filholi Augé 1988 squamates thirty five left dentaries, thirty five right dentaries, eight incomplete left maxillae, three right maxillae, five premaxillae Dracaenosaurus croizeti Gervais 1848 squamates UCBL 97690, right dentary; UCBL 97682, left dentary; plus a hundred dentaries, twelve maxillae, and numerous fragmentary dentaries and maxillae
Squamata -	Hugueneysaurus globidens n. gen. n. sp. Hugueneysaurus globidens n. gen. n. sp. Augé 2005 squamates FSL 369466 (holotype), right dentary; additional six right dentaries, six left dentaries
Squamata - Anguidae	Anguis sp., Anguini indet., "Dopasia coderetensis n. sp." = Ophisauromimus coderetensis Anguis sp. Linnaeus 1758 slow worm Anguini indet. Augé 2005 squamates "Dopasia coderetensis n. sp." = Ophisauromimus coderetensis Augé 2005 squamates UCLB 97684 (holotype), right dentary; additional material: two complete dentaries, about ten incomplete dentaries, very incomplete maxilla, part of a posterior portion of mandible; UCLB 97685, parietal
Testudines - Testudinidae	Ergilemys sp.¹ Ergilemys sp.¹ Ckhikvadze 1972 turtle
Testudines - Geoemydidae	Ptychogaster cf. emydoides¹ Ptychogaster cf. emydoides¹ Pomel 1847 turtle
Mammalia
Carnivora -	"Stenogale gaillardi n. sp." = Viretictis gaillardi² "Stenogale gaillardi n. sp." = Viretictis gaillardi² Viret 1929 carnivoran FSL 97707 - type
Carnivora - Felidae	Proailurus lemanensis² Proailurus lemanensis² Filhol 1879 cat FSL 97895-97899, 97930 and 97931
Carnivora -	Stenogale bransatensis n. sp.² Stenogale bransatensis n. sp.² de Bonis et al. 1999 carnivoran FSL 97870 - type
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Molassitherium albigense⁵ Molassitherium albigense⁵ Roman 1912 rhinoceros
Theriamorpha - Talpidae	Paratalpa micheli⁹, Mygatalpa arvernensis n. sp.⁹ Paratalpa micheli⁹ Lavocat 1951 mole Mygatalpa arvernensis n. sp.⁹ Schreuder 1940 mole
Rodentia - Zapodidae	Plesiosminthus schaubi n. sp.⁴ Plesiosminthus schaubi n. sp.⁴ Viret 1926 jumping mouse
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Eucricetodon collatum⁷ Eucricetodon collatum⁷ Schaub 1925 mouse
Rodentia - Gliridae	"Gliravus bruijni" = Schizogliravus bruijni⁸, Peridyromys murinus⁸, Bransatoglis fugax⁸, Bransatoglis concavidens⁸, Glirudinus glirulus⁸, Microdyromys praemurinus⁸ "Gliravus bruijni" = Schizogliravus bruijni⁸ Hugueney 1967 dormouse Peridyromys murinus⁸ Pomel 1853 dormouse Bransatoglis fugax⁸ Hugueney 1967 dormouse Bransatoglis concavidens⁸ Hugueney 1967 dormouse Glirudinus glirulus⁸ Dehm 1935 dormouse Microdyromys praemurinus⁸ Freudenberg 1941 dormouse
Rodentia - Aplodontidae	Plesispermophilus ernii n. sp.⁶ Plesispermophilus ernii n. sp.⁶ Stehlin and Schaub 1951 mountain beaver Bale museum specimen no. 2180

¹Broin 1977; ²de Bonis et al. 1999; ³De Pietri et al. 2022; ⁴Freudenthal and Martín-Suárez 2017; ⁵Ménouret et al. 2015; ⁶Schmidt-Kittler and Vianey-Liaud 1979; ⁷Vianey-Liaud 1972; ⁸Vianey-Liaud 2003; ⁹Ziegler 2012