Lissieu, Bartonian (Eocene of France)

Where: Rhone-Alpes Region, France (45.9° N, 4.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 0.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lissieu reference level zone, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: G. Calas. 1970. Les carnivores du gisement lutetien de Lissieu (Rhône). Comptes rendus sommaires de la Societe geologique de France 6:226-227 [E. Fara/E. Fara/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31741: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 24.05.2003, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Primates - Notharctidae
Anchomomys gaillardi n. gen. n. sp.2
Anchomomys gaillardi n. gen. n. sp.2 Stehlin 1916 primate
 Primates - Omomyidae
Nannopithex filholi2
Nannopithex filholi2 Chantre and Gaillard 1897 tarsier
 Artiodactyla - Tapirulidae
Tapirulus depereti2
Tapirulus depereti2 Stehlin 1910 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
Hyperdichobune sp.2, Hyperdichobune langi2, Dichobune cf. robertiana2, Meniscodon europaeum2
Hyperdichobune sp.2 Stehlin 1910 even-toed ungulate
Hyperdichobune langi2 Rutimeyer 1891 even-toed ungulate
Dichobune cf. robertiana2 Gervais 1848 even-toed ungulate
Meniscodon europaeum2 Rutimeyer 1888 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Mixtotheriidae
Mixtotherium priscum2, Mixtotherium gresslyi2
Mixtotherium priscum2 Stehlin 1908 even-toed ungulate
Mixtotherium gresslyi2 Rutimeyer 1891 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Cebochoeridae
Cebochoerus (Gervachoerus) cf. suillus2
Cebochoerus (Gervachoerus) cf. suillus2 Gervais 1859 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Choeropotamidae
Haplobunodon mulleri2, Lophiobunodon rhodanicum2
Haplobunodon mulleri2 even-toed ungulate
Lophiobunodon rhodanicum2 Deperet 1908 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Anoplotheriidae
Catodontherium buxgovianum2, Catodontherium fallax2, Dacrytherium ? priscum2
Catodontherium buxgovianum2 Erfurt and Metais 2007 even-toed ungulate
Catodontherium fallax2 Stehlin 1910 even-toed ungulate
Dacrytherium ? priscum2 Stehlin 1910 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Xiphodontidae
Dichodon lugdunense2
Dichodon lugdunense2 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Amphimerycidae
Pseudamphimeryx schlosseri2
Pseudamphimeryx schlosseri2 Rutimeyer 1891 even-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Palaeotherium ruetimeyeri1
Palaeotherium ruetimeyeri1 Franzen 1968 odd-toed ungulate
 Creodonta - Hyainailouridae
cf. Pterodon sp.
cf. Pterodon sp. Blainville 1839 creodont
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
"Prodissopsalis theriodis" = Eurotherium theriodis, Prodissopsalis ginsburgi, Prodissopsalis sp., "Hyaenodon" schlosseri
"Prodissopsalis theriodis" = Eurotherium theriodis Van Valen 1965 creodont
Prodissopsalis sp. Matthes 1950 creodont
 Ferae -
Quercygale helvetica
Quercygale helvetica Rütimeyer 1862 placental
1Remy 2015; 2Sudre 1978