PBDB Collection

Rouzilhac (Eocene to of France)

Where: Occitanie, France (43.3° N, 2.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 35.0° N, 8.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MP10-11 mammal zone, Molasse de Carcassonne Formation, Ypresian to Ypresian (56.0 - 41.3 Ma)

• Age considered late Ypresian or early Lutetian based on mammalian biostratigraphy. Fossil bearing unit at base of local series of beds called "Grès d'Issel"

Environment/lithology: coarse channel fill; sandstone and siltstone

• "mélange de sable grossier, silt, stromatholithes dans le chenal contenant les fossiles

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Godinot, H.-P. Labarrère, J. Erfurt, J. L. Franzen, B. Lange-Badre, F. Lapparent Broin, and D. Vidalenc. 2018. Un nouveau gisement à vertébrés éocènes, Rouzilhac (MP 10-11), dans la série molassique d’Issel (Aude, France). Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 37:141-333 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 195457: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 09.08.2018, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Testudines - Trionychidae	"cf. Trionyx michauxi" = Trionyx silvestris "cf. Trionyx michauxi" = Trionyx silvestris Walker and Moody 1974 softshell turtle
Testudines - Testudinidae	Testudinidae indet. Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
Testudines - Geoemydidae	cf. Hummelemys sp. cf. Hummelemys sp. Hervet 2004 turtle
Testudines - Carettochelyidae	Allaeochelys rouzilhacensis n. sp. Allaeochelys rouzilhacensis n. sp. Godinot et al. 2018 turtle
Testudines - Podocnemididae	Neochelys sp. Neochelys sp. Bergounioux 1954 sideneck turtle
Crocodylia -	"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia, Diplocynodon sp. "Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia Owen 1842 crocodilian Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847 crocodilian "12 to 15 specimens"
Loricata -	Pristichampsus rollinati, Iberosuchus crassiproratus Pristichampsus rollinati Gray 1831 crocodilian Iberosuchus crassiproratus crocodilian
Mammalia
Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae	Oxyaenoides bicuspidens, Leonhardtina meridianum Oxyaenoides bicuspidens Matthes 1967 creodont Leonhardtina meridianum Solé et al. 2020 creodont
Artiodactyla - Choeropotamidae	Lophiobunodon hookeri n. sp. Lophiobunodon hookeri n. sp. Godinot et al. 2018 even-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae	Protodichobune hellmundi n. sp., Aumelasia sudrei n. sp. Protodichobune hellmundi n. sp. Godinot et al. 2018 even-toed ungulate Aumelasia sudrei n. sp. Godinot et al. 2018 even-toed ungulate
Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae	Propachynolophus maldani, Pachynolophus livinierensis, "Propachynolophus gaudryi" = Propalaeotherium gaudryi, cf. Lophiotherium sp. Propachynolophus maldani Remy 2017 odd-toed ungulate Pachynolophus livinierensis Savage et al. 1965 odd-toed ungulate "Propachynolophus gaudryi" = Propalaeotherium gaudryi Lemoine 1878 odd-toed ungulate cf. Lophiotherium sp. Marsh 1871 odd-toed ungulate
Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae	Lophiodon aff. eygalayense Lophiodon aff. eygalayense Labarrère and Montenat 2011 odd-toed ungulate 78 measurements provided for dental specimens; postcrania not counted
Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae	Hyrachyus stehlini Hyrachyus stehlini odd-toed ungulate
Rodentia - Ischyromyidae	Ailuravus cf. michauxi Ailuravus cf. michauxi Hartenberger 1975 rodent
Primates - Notharctidae	Europolemur midiensis n. sp., Rouzilemur pulcher n. sp. Europolemur midiensis n. sp. Godinot et al. 2018 primate Rouzilemur pulcher n. sp. Godinot et al. 2018 primate