Saint-Dézéry (Eocene of France)

Also known as St-Dézéry; Dézéry; Saint-Dezery

Where: Occitanie, France (44.0° N, 4.3° E: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 0.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. A. Remy. 1994. Une faunule de vertébrés sous la base de grès de Celas (Eocène supérieur) à St-Dezery (Gard). Palaeovertebrata 23(1-4):211-216 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183976: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 23.01.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Diplocynodon sp.
Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847 crocodilian
DEZ-26
 Squamata - Anguidae
Placosaurus sp.
Placosaurus sp. Gervais 1852 squamates
DEZ-18
 Squamata - Necrosauridae
cf. Necrosaurus sp.
cf. Necrosaurus sp. Filhol 1876 squamates
DEZ-27
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Plagiolophus sp., Plagiolophus minor
Plagiolophus sp. Pomel 1847 odd-toed ungulate
DEZ-14
Plagiolophus minor Cuvier 1804 odd-toed ungulate
DEZ-10
 Artiodactyla - Xiphodontidae
Xiphodon gracile
Xiphodon gracile Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate
DEZ-16
 Artiodactyla - Amphimerycidae
Amphimeryx sp.
Amphimeryx sp. Pictet 1853 even-toed ungulate
DEZ-15