Salesmes (Eocene of France)

Where: Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region, France (44.4° N, 1.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 1.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: between Fons 4 and Perriere levels zone, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: karst; phosphorite

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 31755: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 24.05.2003

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Taxonomic list

• incomplete
Mammalia
 Primates - Omomyidae
Pseudoloris parvulus Filhol 1890 tarsier
Necrolemur antiquus Filhol 1873 tarsier
 Artiodactyla - Amphimerycidae
Pseudamphimeryx renevieri Pictet and Humbert 1869 even-toed ungulate
Pseudamphimeryx salesmei n. sp. Sudre 1978 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Xiphodontidae
Dichodon cf. cervinum even-toed ungulate