Rosieres 4 (Eocene of France)

Where: Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region, France (44.3° N, 1.7° E: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 1.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: karst; phosphorite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: L. de Bonis, J.-Y. Crochet, J. C. Rage, B. Sige, J. Sudre and M. Vianey-Liaud. 1973. Nouvelles faunes de vertebres oligocenes des phosphorites du Quercy. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (174)105-113 [E. Fara/E. Fara/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31765: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 25.05.2003, edited by Terri Cleary

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• incomplete (ref. 8517 deals only with primates and artiodactyls)
Reptilia
 Squamata - Boidae
Boidae "B" Gray 1825 boa
 Squamata - Necrosauridae
Necrosaurus sp. Filhol 1876 squamates
Necrosaurus cayluxi1 Filhol 1873 squamates
Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Hipposideridae
Hipposideros cf. morloti Pictet 1855 roundleaf bat
Hipposideros cf. schlosseri Revilliod 1917 roundleaf bat
 Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus priscus Revilliod 1920 horseshoe bat
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Cynodictis "sp.2" Bravard and Pomel 1850 bear-dog
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
Dichobune leporina2 Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Tapirulidae
Tapirulus hyracinus2 Gervais 1850 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Amphimerycidae
Amphimeryx murinus2 Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Anoplotheriidae
Anoplotherium sp.2 Cuvier 1804 even-toed ungulate
Diplobune sp.2 Rutimeyer 1862 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Xiphodontidae
Xiphodon gracile2 Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate
Dichodon cf. frohnstettense2 von Meyer 1852 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
Oxacron courtoisi2 Gervais 1848 even-toed ungulate
 Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Saturninia "sp.1" Stehlin 1940 placental
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
 Primates - Omomyidae
Pseudoloris parvulus Filhol 1890 tarsier