Fons 4 (Eocene of France)

Where: Languedoc-Roussillon Region, France (43.9° N, 4.2° E: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 0.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Fons 4 reference level zone, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• stratified locality

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 31758: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 25.05.2003, edited by Terri Cleary and Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Pseudoltinomys mamertensis2 Hartenberger 1973 rodent
Paradelomys crusafonti2 Thaler 1966 rodent
Estellomys cansouni n. gen. n. sp.2 Hartenberger 1971 rodent
 Primates -
Prosimii indet.4 Illiger 1811 primate
 Primates - Adapidae
"Adapis magnus" = Leptadapis magnus4
"Adapis magnus" = Leptadapis magnus4 Filhol 1874 primate
 Primates - Omomyidae
Microchoerus erinaceus Wood 1844 tarsier
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Lophiotherium cf. cervulum3 Gervais 1849 odd-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Choeropotamidae
Choeropotamus sudrei4 Casanovas-Cladellas 1975 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Cebochoeridae
Cebochoerus fontensis n. sp.4 Sudre 1978 even-toed ungulate
Cebochoerus n. subgen. (Gervachoerus) n. sp. fontensis
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
Mouillacitherium cf. elegans4 Filhol 1882 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Amphimerycidae
Pseudamphimeryx renevieri4 Pictet and Humbert 1869 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Xiphodontidae
Dichodon cf. cervinum4 even-toed ungulate
Paraxiphodon teulonense n. gen. n. sp.4 even-toed ungulate
Haplomeryx cf. euzetensis4 Depéret 1917 even-toed ungulate
Leptotheridium cf. lugeoni4 Stehlin 1910 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Anoplotheriidae
Dacrytherium cf. ovinum4 Owen 1857 even-toed ungulate
Reptilia
 Squamata - Amphisbaenidae
Amphisbaenidae indet.1 Gray 1865 worm lizard
F1 201, premaxilla