PBDB Collection

Roqueprune 2 (Oligocene of France)

Also known as Quercy Phosporites

Where: Quercy, France (44.3° N, 1.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 1.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 23 mammal zone, MP 23 (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• Oligocene, MP 23, Itardies level

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; phosphorite

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

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 179147: authorized by Paul Barrett, entered by Terri Cleary on 02.06.2016, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae	Anthracotherium monsvialense⁶ Anthracotherium monsvialense⁶ de Zigno 1888 anthracothere
Artiodactyla - Gelocidae	Bachitherium curtum¹ Bachitherium curtum¹ Filhol 1877 ruminant
Artiodactyla - Lophiomerycidae	Lophiomeryx mouchelini¹ Lophiomeryx mouchelini¹ Brunet and Sudre 1987 ruminant
Artiodactyla - Tragulidae	Iberomeryx minor³, Cryptomeryx gaudryi⁷ Iberomeryx minor³ Filhol 1882 chevrotain Cryptomeryx gaudryi⁷ Filhol 1877 chevrotain ROQ 2-331-334
Carnivora - Nimravidae	Quercylurus major², Dinailurictis bonali⁴ Quercylurus major² Ginsburg 1979 false sabre-tooth P-ROQ 20 Dinailurictis bonali⁴ Helbing 1922 false sabre-tooth
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Palaeosciurus goti⁸ Palaeosciurus goti⁸ Vianey-Liaud 1974 squirrel
Rodentia - Theridomyidae	Blainvillimys helmeri⁸, Issiodoromys medius⁸, Pseudoltinomys major⁸, Sciuromys cayluxi⁸ Blainvillimys helmeri⁸ Vianey-Liaud 1972 rodent Issiodoromys medius⁸ Vianey-Liaud 1976 rodent Pseudoltinomys major⁸ Vianey-Liaud 1976 rodent Sciuromys cayluxi⁸ Schlosser 1884 rodent
Reptilia
Squamata - Colubridae	Coluber cadurci⁵ Coluber cadurci⁵ Rage 1974 racer
Squamata - Agamidae	Quercygama galliae Quercygama galliae Filhol 1877 squamates IRScNB, fragment of dentary
Squamata - Lacertidae	Lacertidae indet., Mediolacerta roceki, Lacerta filholi Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 squamates premaxilla Mediolacerta roceki Augé 2005 squamates incomplete left dentary Lacerta filholi Augé 1988 squamates complete left dentary, fragmentary left dentary, fragmentary right dentary
Squamata - Amphisbaenidae	Amphisbaenidae indet. Amphisbaenidae indet. Gray 1865 worm lizard IRScNB: nearly one hundred vertebrae, two right dentaries, four left dentaries; one additional dentary
Squamata - Necrosauridae	Necrosaurus sp. Necrosaurus sp. Filhol 1876 squamates five caudal vertebrae
Squamata - Anguidae	Anguini indet., Anguis sp., "Dopasia roqueprunensis n. sp." = Ophisaurus roqueprunensis Anguini indet. Augé 2005 squamates Anguis sp. Linnaeus 1758 slow worm "Dopasia roqueprunensis n. sp." = Ophisaurus roqueprunensis Auge 1992 glass lizard IRScNB R120 (holotype), left dentary
Squamata - Helodermatidae	Helodermatidae indet. Helodermatidae indet. Gray 1837 squamates two dorsal vertebrae

¹Blondel 1997; ²de Bonis and Cirot 1995; ³Mennecart et al. 2011; ⁴Peigné et al. 2014; ⁵Rage 1974; ⁶Scherler et al. 2019; ⁷Sudre 1984; ⁸Vianey-Liaud and Schmid 2009