Phosphorites du Quercy (old collections - late Eocene) (Eocene of France)

Where: Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées, France (44.3° N, 1.6° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 2.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Quercy Phosphorites Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• General collection for specimens from the late Eocene part of the Phosphorites du Quercy with no specific locality or age data, particularly from older museum collections.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: karst; phosphorite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: A. V. Lavrov. 2007. New Species of Paroxyaena (Hyaenodontidae, Creodonta) from Phosphorites of Quercy, Late Eocene, France. Paleontological Journal 41(3):298-311 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183665: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 12.01.2017, edited by Graeme Lloyd, Mark Uhen and Grace Varnham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia -
"Thaumastosaurus gezei n. sp." = Thaumastosaurus gezei2, "Rana plicata" = Thaumastosaurus gezei2
"Thaumastosaurus gezei n. sp." = Thaumastosaurus gezei2 Rage and Rocek 2007 frog
MNHN QU 17376 - type
"Rana plicata" = Thaumastosaurus gezei2 Rage and Rocek 2007 frog
MNHN QU 17279
Aves
 Caprimulgiformes - Podargidae
Quercypodargus olsoni n. gen. n. sp.4
Quercypodargus olsoni n. gen. n. sp.4 Mourer-Chauviré 1989 frogmouth
MNHN QU 15876, LAV 1145, LAV 1146, GAR 1
 Caprimulgiformes - Caprimulgidae
Euronyctibius kurochkini n. gen. n. sp.4
Euronyctibius kurochkini n. gen. n. sp.4 Mourer-Chauviré 1989 nightjar
MNHN QU 16231
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Palaeoglaux perrierrensis n. gen. n. sp.3 true owl
Strigogyps dubius3 Gaillard 1908 true owl
Mammalia
 Creodonta - Hyainailouridae
Paroxyaena pavlovi n. sp. Lavrov 2007 creodont
GGM, no. Ca-300 - type
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Storchictis miacinus n. gen. n. sp.1
Storchictis miacinus n. gen. n. sp.1 de Chardin 1915 bear-dog
Holotype: Hemimandible MNHN 1903-20 with p2, p4–m2
 Carnivora - Nimravidae
cf. Eofelis sp.5 Kretzoi 1938 false sabre-tooth
MA-PHQ 348