Les Chapelins (Oligocene of France)

Where: Vaucluse, France (44.0° N, 5.2° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 1.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 23 mammal zone, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: D. Kälin. 2013. A new Oligocene (MP 24) mammal fauna (Dürrenberg, Canton Jura, NW Switzerland) from the eastern slope of the ‘‘Rauracian depression’’. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 106:207-218 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183376: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 14.12.2016, edited by Pauline Coster

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Pseudoltinomys major3 Vianey-Liaud 1976 rodent
Issiodoromys medius3 Vianey-Liaud 1976 rodent
Theridomys helmeri n. sp. Vianey-Liaud 1972 rodent
CHA-2 - type
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Plesiosminthus aff. promyarion1 Schaub 1930 jumping mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Eucricetodon cf. atavus" = Atavocricetodon atavus2
"Eucricetodon cf. atavus" = Atavocricetodon atavus2 Misonne 1957 mouse