Coyrou 1-2 (Eocene to of France)

Also known as Near Caylus

Where: Occitanie, France (44.2° N, 1.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 1.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 20-21 mammal zone, MP 20 to MP 20 (37.2 - 28.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: karst; phosphorite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: S. Legendre, B. Marandat, J. A. Remy, B. Sigé, J. Sudre, M. Vianey-Liaud, J.-Y. Crochet and M. Godinot. 1995. Coyrou 1-2, une nouvelle faune de mammifères des phosphorites du Quercy, niveau intermédiaire (MP2O-21) proche de la "Grande Coupure". Géologie de la France 1:63-68 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183382: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 15.12.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Stehlinia minor vesper bat
Stehlinia cf. gracilis Revilliod 1919 vesper bat
 Chiroptera - Emballonuridae
Vespertiliavus cf. gracilis Revilliod 1920 sac-winged bat
 Chiroptera - Hipposideridae
Hipposideridae indet. Lydekker 1891 leaf-nosed bat
Hipposideros cf. schlosseri Revilliod 1917 roundleaf bat
Palaeophyllophora quercyi Revilliod 1917 leaf-nosed bat
Vaylatsia cf. prisca Revilliod 1920 leaf-nosed bat
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Blainvillimys rotundidens Schlosser 1884 rodent
Theridomys sp. Jourdan 1837 rodent
Patriotheridomys altus Vianey-Liaud 1974 rodent
Paradelomys sp. Thaler 1966 rodent
Suevosciurus "sp. 1" Dehm 1937 rodent
Suevosciurus "sp. 2" Dehm 1937 rodent
 Primates - Omomyidae
Necrolemur antiquus Filhol 1873 tarsier
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Tetracus nanus Aymard 1846 hedgehog
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceoidae
Amphidozotherium cayluxi Filhol 1877 placental
 Soricomorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Amphidozotheriinae indet. Sige 1976 placental
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
Paroxacron sp. Hürzeler 1936 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Anoplotheriidae
Anoplotherium cf. latipes Gervais 1852 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Amphimerycidae
Amphimeryx murinus Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate
 Tribosphenida - Herpetotheriidae
Peratherium sp. Aymard 1850 marsupial
Amphiperatherium ambiguum Filhol 1877 marsupial
Amphiperatherium minutum Aymard 1846 marsupial