Moissac-IV (Oligocene of France)

Also known as Moissac IV

Where: Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées, France (44.1° N, 1.1° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 2.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 24 mammal zone, MP 24 (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• Late Early Oligocene

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; massive, gray sandstone

• lens of unconsolidated and massive grey fluvial sands, ca. 1m thick and 30m2-wide

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 2007-2010; reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: P.-O. Antoine, G. Métais, M. J. Orliac, S. Peigné, S. Rafaÿ, F. Solé, and M. Vianey-Liaud. 2011. A new late Early Oligocene vertebrate fauna from Moissac, South-West France. Comptes Rendus Palevol 10:239-250 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 182658: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 18.11.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Protaceratherium albigense
Protaceratherium albigense Roman 1912 rhinoceros
MNHN 78-08
 Perissodactyla - Eggysodontidae
Eggysodon gaudryi
Eggysodon gaudryi Rames 1886 odd-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae
Entelodon sp.
Entelodon sp. Aymard 1846 even-toed ungulate
MNHN 54.08
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracotherium sp., Paenanthracotherium bergeri
Anthracotherium sp. Cuvier 1822 anthracothere
MNHN 14.08
Paenanthracotherium bergeri Scherler et al. 2019 anthracothere
MHNT.PAL.MAM.2002.3
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
Caenomeryx sp.
Caenomeryx sp. Hürzeler 1936 even-toed ungulate
MNHN 27.07
 Artiodactyla - Lophiomerycidae
Lophiomeryx chalaniati
Lophiomeryx chalaniati Pomel 1853 ruminant
MNHN 39-08 and 05-10
 Artiodactyla - Gelocidae
Gelocus sp.
Gelocus sp. Aymard 1855 ruminant
MNHN 47-08
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
Metriotherium aff. mirabile
Metriotherium aff. mirabile Filhol 1882 even-toed ungulate
MNHN 22.08 and 24.08
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
? Hyaenodon leptorhynchus, Hyaenodon dubius
? Hyaenodon leptorhynchus Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont
MNHN 20.08
Hyaenodon dubius Filhol 1873 creodont
MNHN 29.08
 Carnivora - Nimravidae
Nimravus intermedius
Nimravus intermedius Filhol 1872 false sabre-tooth
MNHN 28.08 and 28.10
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Protechimys cf. lebratierensis
Protechimys cf. lebratierensis Vianey-Liaud 1998 rodent