Villeneuve la Comptal (Eocene of France)

Also known as Villeneuve

Where: Languedoc-Roussillon Region, France (43.3° N, 1.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 1.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: macrofossils

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 31737: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 24.05.2003

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Taxonomic list

• incomplete
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Choeropotamidae
Choeropotamus parisiensis Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Cebochoeridae
"Cebochoerus minor" = Gervachoerus minor
"Cebochoerus minor" = Gervachoerus minor Gervais 1876 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
Dichobune leporina Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Anoplotheriidae
Anoplotherium commune Cuvier 1804 even-toed ungulate
Diplobune secundaria Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Xiphodontidae
Xiphodon gracile Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate