Fons 7 (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: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• stratified locality

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Garimond, J. A. Remy, and J. Sudre. 1975. Nouvelles données sur le renouvellement des faunes de mammiferes a l'Eocene superieur, d'apres le gisement de Fons (Gard). Colloque interbational CNRS. Problemes actuels en paleontologie-evolution des vertebres (218)611-625 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31761: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 25.05.2003

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Taxonomic list

• ref. 8517 deals only with artiodactyls and primates
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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Palaeotherium siderolithicum, Plagiolophus annectens
Palaeotherium siderolithicum Pictet and Humbert 1869 odd-toed ungulate
Plagiolophus annectens Owen 1847 odd-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Anoplotheriidae
Dacrytherium cf. ovinum
Dacrytherium cf. ovinum Owen 1857 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Xiphodontidae
Xiphodon intermedium, Dichodon cf. cervinum
Xiphodon intermedium Stehlin 1910 even-toed ungulate
Dichodon cf. cervinum even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Cebochoeridae
Cebochoerus (Gervachoerus) fontensis n. subgen. n. sp.
Cebochoerus (Gervachoerus) fontensis n. subgen. n. sp. Sudre 1978 even-toed ungulate