Pont d'Assou (Eocene of France)

Where: Midi-Pyrenees Region, France (43.7° N, 2.5° E: paleocoordinates 42.2° N, 1.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Escamps and Montmartre levels zone, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

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 31749: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 24.05.2003

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Taxonomic list

• incomplete
Mammalia
 Primates - Adapidae
"Adapis magnus" = Leptadapis magnus Filhol 1874 primate
Adapis parisiensis Blainville 1841 primate
 Artiodactyla - Xiphodontidae
Xiphodon gracile Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Anoplotheriidae
Anoplotherium commune Cuvier 1804 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
Dichobune leporina Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Cebochoeridae
Acotherulum (Acotherulum) saturninum Gervais 1850 even-toed ungulate