Rosieres 5 (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: Perrière Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• Rosiere 5 is the oldest of the several Rosieres collections. "Perriere level"

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: karst; phosphorite

Size class: macrofossils

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 31766: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 25.05.2003, edited by Terri Cleary and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

• only artiodactyls are presented in ref. 8517
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Plagiolophus annectens2 Owen 1847 odd-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Amphimerycidae
Pseudamphimeryx renevieri Pictet and Humbert 1869 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Xiphodontidae
Leptotheridium lugeoni Stehlin 1910 even-toed ungulate
Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguini indet.1 Augé 2005 squamates
Placosaurus sp.1 Gervais 1852 squamates
thirteen osteoderms
 Squamata - Necrosauridae
Necrosaurus cayluxi1 Filhol 1873 squamates
two dorsal vertebrae