Malengane, Moissac-III (Oligocene of France)

Also known as Moissac III

Where: Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées, France (44.1° N, 1.1° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 1.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 25-26 mammal zone, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• Early Late Oligocene

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "channel"; lenticular, coarse-grained sandstone

• 2.5-meter thick lenticular coarse sandstone with a grain size decrease toward the top where the vertebrate remains are concentrated

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: F. Lihoreau, S. Ducrocq, P.-O. Antoine, M. Vianey-Liaud, S. Rafaÿ, G. Garcia, and X. Valentin. 2009. First complete skulls of Elomeryx crispus (Gervais, 1849) and of Protaceratherium albigense (Roman, 1912) from a new Oligocene locality near Moissac (SW France). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(1):242-253 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182687: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 22.11.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Protaceratherium albigense
Protaceratherium albigense Roman 1912 rhinoceros
MOI3.002
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Elomeryx crispus
Elomeryx crispus Gervais 1849 anthracothere
MOI3.001
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Issiodoromys cf. pauffiensis
Issiodoromys cf. pauffiensis Vianey-Liaud 1976 rodent
MOI3.003