Villebramar (Oligocene of France)

Where: Nouvelle-Aquitaine , France (44.5° N, 0.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 2.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 22 mammal zone, MP 22 (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Vianey-Liaud and B. Schmid. 2009. Diversité, datation et paléoenvironnement de la faune de mammifères oligocène de Cavalé (Quercy, SO France) : contribution de l’analyse morphométrique des Theridomyinae (Mammalia, Rodentia). Geodiversitas 31(4):909-941 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183511: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 03.01.2017, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Necrobyas harpax2 Milne-Edwards 1891 true owl
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Issiodoromys medius Vianey-Liaud 1976 rodent
Pseudoltinomys major Vianey-Liaud 1976 rodent
Blainvillimys gregarius Schlosser 1884 rodent
 Carnivora - Nimravidae
Dinailurictis bonali5 Helbing 1922 false sabre-tooth
Eofelis edwardsii3 Filhol 1872 false sabre-tooth
Eusmilus villebramarensis n. sp.4 Peigné and Brunet 2001 false sabre-tooth
FSP-VIL-26-1972 - type
Nimravus intermedius5 Filhol 1872 false sabre-tooth
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Hyaenodon leptorhynchus5 Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont
 Artiodactyla - Lophiomerycidae
Lophiomeryx mouchelini n. sp.1 Brunet and Sudre 1987 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Gelocidae
Gelocus villebramarensis n. sp.1 Brunet and Jehenne 1976 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracotherium monsvialense6 de Zigno 1888 anthracothere