PBDB Collection

Bouxwiller (Eocene of France)

Where: Alsace Region, France (48.8° N, 7.5° E: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 3.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• Collection used as a standard biostratigraphic level ("Niveau repere") for European mammal ages.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; green marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. Sudre. 1978. Les artiodactyles de l'Eocene moyen et superieur d'Europe occidentale; systematique et evolution. Memoires et Travaux de l'Institut de Montpellier de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes 7:1-229 [E. Fara/E. Fara/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31609: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 20.05.2003, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

• ref. 8715 reports only on artiodactyls and primates

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Mammalia
Condylarthra - Paroxyclaenidae	Vulpavoides vanvaleni n. sp.⁵ Vulpavoides vanvaleni n. sp.⁵ Russell and Godinot 1988 placental Bchs 656 - type; referred specimen: Bchs 351
Creodonta -	Proviverra typica² Proviverra typica² Rütimeyer 1862 creodont
Artiodactyla - Anoplotheriidae	Catodontherium sp., Catodontherium cf. argentonicum, Catodontherium cf. fallax, Dacrytherium cf. elegans Catodontherium sp. Deperet 1908 even-toed ungulate Catodontherium cf. argentonicum Stehlin 1910 even-toed ungulate Catodontherium cf. fallax Stehlin 1910 even-toed ungulate Dacrytherium cf. elegans Filhol 1884 even-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae	Hyperdichobune hammeli n. sp., Meniscodon europaeum, Buxobune daubreei n. gen. n. sp. Hyperdichobune hammeli n. sp. Sudre 1978 even-toed ungulate Meniscodon europaeum Rutimeyer 1888 even-toed ungulate Buxobune daubreei n. gen. n. sp. Sudre 1978 even-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Cebochoeridae	"Cebochoerus (Gervachoerus) jaegeri n. sp." = Gervachoerus jaegeri, Cebochoerus (Gervachoerus) dawsoni n. sp. "Cebochoerus (Gervachoerus) jaegeri n. sp." = Gervachoerus jaegeri Sudre 1978 even-toed ungulate Cebochoerus (Gervachoerus) dawsoni n. sp. Sudre 1978 even-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Tapirulidae	Tapirulus cf. majori Tapirulus cf. majori Stehlin 1910 even-toed ungulate
Theriamorpha - Pantolestoidae	Pantolestidae indet.³, Buxolestes hammeli n. gen. n. sp.³ Pantolestidae indet.³ Cope 1884 placental CH-MV 1 Buxolestes hammeli n. gen. n. sp.³ Jaegar 1970 placental Bchs 100 - type
Rodentia - Gliridae	Eogliravus hammeli n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Eogliravus hammeli n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Thaler 1966 dormouse
Rodentia - Pseudosciuridae	Protadelomys alsaticus n. sp.¹ Protadelomys alsaticus n. sp.¹ Hartenberger 1969 rodent
Rodentia - Ischyromyidae	Plesiarctomys hartenbergeri n. sp.⁴ Plesiarctomys hartenbergeri n. sp.⁴ Wood 1970 rodent
Primates - Paromomyidae	Phenacolemur sp. Phenacolemur sp. Matthew 1915 primate
Primates - Notharctidae	Periconodon huerzeleri n. sp. Periconodon huerzeleri n. sp. Gingerich 1977 primate
Primates - Adapidae	Protoadapis klatti Protoadapis klatti primate
Primates -	Caenopithecus cf. lemuroides Caenopithecus cf. lemuroides Rütimeyer 1862 primate
Primates - Omomyidae	Nannopithex cf. filholi Nannopithex cf. filholi Chantre and Gaillard 1897 tarsier

¹Comte et al. 2012; ²Dubied et al. 2019; ³Jaegar 1970; ⁴Peláez-Campomanes 1995; ⁵Russell and Godinot 1988