Euzet (Eocene of France)

Also known as Euzet-les-bains

Where: Languedoc-Roussillon Region, France (44.1° N, 4.2° E: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 0.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Euzet Level zone, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• The site is stratified

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: P. Louis and J. Sudre. 1975. Nouvelles donnees sur les primates de l'Eocene superieur europeen. Colloque international CNRS, Problemes actuels de paleontologie - evolution des vertebres (218)805-828 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31724: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 23.05.2003, edited by Patricia Holroyd and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
? Palaeochelys sp.1 Meyer 1847 turtle
Mammalia
 Primates - Omomyidae
Microchoerus erinaceus Wood 1844 tarsier
 Primates - Adapidae
"Adapis magnus" = Leptadapis magnus4
"Adapis magnus" = Leptadapis magnus4 Filhol 1874 primate
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Paradelomys crusafonti2 Thaler 1966 rodent
 Artiodactyla - Cebochoeridae
"Cebochoerus minor" = Gervachoerus minor4
"Cebochoerus minor" = Gervachoerus minor4 Gervais 1876 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Amphimerycidae
Pseudamphimeryx renevieri4 Pictet and Humbert 1869 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Xiphodontidae
Haplomeryx euzetensis4 Depéret 1917 even-toed ungulate
Dichodon cervinum4 even-toed ungulate
Leptotheridium lugeoni4 Stehlin 1910 even-toed ungulate
Xiphodon intermedium4 Stehlin 1910 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Anoplotheriidae
Dacrytherium ovinum4 Owen 1857 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Choeropotamidae
Choeropotamus depereti4 Stehlin 1908 even-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Plagiolophus annectens3 Owen 1847 odd-toed ungulate
Lophiotherium cervulum3 Gervais 1849 odd-toed ungulate