Cournon (Oligocene of France)

Also known as Cournon-d'Auvergne

Where: Puy-de-Dôme, France (45.7° N, 3.2° E: paleocoordinates 45.5° N, 0.5° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: MP 28 mammal zone, MP 28 (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• Late Oli, MP 28, Pech du Fraysse level

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Croizet; 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 179177: authorized by Paul Barrett, entered by Terri Cleary on 03.06.2016, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eucricetodon quercyi5 Vianey-Liaud 1972 rodent
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Toeniodus sp.1 Pomel 1853 rodent
Theridomys lembronicus1 Bravard 1852 rodent
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Paratalpa micheli6 Lavocat 1951 mole
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
 Artiodactyla -
Prodremotherium elongatum2 Filhol 1877 ruminant
 Carnivora - Palaeogalidae
Palaeogale sectoria4 Gervais 1848 carnivoran
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Hyaenodon leptorhynchus n. gen. n. sp.4
Hyaenodon leptorhynchus n. gen. n. sp.4 Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont
FSL 70000
Reptilia
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Dracaenosaurus croizeti n. sp. Gervais 1848 squamates
MNHN COR3 (holotype), mandible; MNHN COR 4, 5, and 6, two crushed skulls and a jaw with some elements of the palate