La Milloque (Oligocene of France)

Where: Aquitaine, France (44.0° N, 0.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 2.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 29 (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• Molasses de l’Agenais

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Cirot and M. Wolsan. 1995. Late Oligocene Amphictids (Mammalia: Carnivora) from la Milloque, Aquitaine Basin, France. Géobios 28:757-767 [X. Wang/X. Wang/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 37208: authorized by Xiaoming Wang, entered by Xiaoming Wang on 05.03.2004, edited by Patricia Holroyd and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Pseudotherydomys sp.3
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Ergilemys bruneti n. sp.1
Ergilemys bruneti n. sp.1 Broin 1977 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp.1
Trionyx sp.1 Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Chelydridae
"Chelydropsis cf. sanctihenrici" = Chelydropsis decheni1
"Chelydropsis cf. sanctihenrici" = Chelydropsis decheni1 Meyer 1852 turtle
Mammalia
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Hyaenodon leptorhynchus5
Hyaenodon leptorhynchus5 Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont
 Carnivora - Ailuridae
Amphictis ambigua, Amphictis milloquensis
Amphictis ambigua Gervais 1872 red panda
Amphictis milloquensis Helbing 1928 red panda
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diaceratherium lamilloquense3
Diaceratherium lamilloquense3 Michel 1983 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Protapirus aginensis3
Protapirus aginensis3 Richard 1938 tapir
NMB Lm 420-422 and 1404
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Microbunodon minimum3, Anthracotherium magnum3
Microbunodon minimum3 Lihoreau et al. 2004 anthracothere
Anthracotherium magnum3 Cuvier 1822 anthracothere
 Artiodactyla -
Palaeochoerus gergovianus3, Doliochoerus quercyi3
Palaeochoerus gergovianus3 De Blainville 1846 even-toed ungulate
Doliochoerus quercyi3 Filhol 1882 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Bedenomeryx milloquensis4
 Artiodactyla -
Dremotherium quercyi4, Dremotherium guthi n. sp.4
Dremotherium quercyi4 Filhol 1887 ruminant
Dremotherium guthi n. sp.4 Jehenne 1987 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Amphitragulus quercyi3
Amphitragulus quercyi3 Filhol 1887 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
Cainotherium commune3
Cainotherium commune3 Bravard 1835 even-toed ungulate
 Placentalia -
"Lipotyphla indet." = Eulipotyphla3
"Lipotyphla indet." = Eulipotyphla3 placental
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Amphilagus sp.3, Piezodus sp.3
Amphilagus sp.3 Tobien 1974 pika
Piezodus sp.3 Viret 1929 pika
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Plesiosminthus schaubi3
Plesiosminthus schaubi3 Viret 1926 jumping mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Melissiodon quercyi2, Eucricetodon praecursor2, Pseudocricetodon cf. thaleri2, Adelomyarion vireti2
Melissiodon quercyi2 Schaub 1920 mouse
LM specimens
Eucricetodon praecursor2 Schaub 1925 mouse
LM specimens
Pseudocricetodon cf. thaleri2 Hugueney 1969 mouse
LM specimens
Adelomyarion vireti2 Hugueney 1969 mouse
LM specimens
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Archaeomys laurillardi3, Issiodoromys pseudanoema3
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Pseudodryomys sp.3, Peridyromys murinus3, Glirudinus glirulus3
Pseudodryomys sp.3 de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
Peridyromys murinus3 Pomel 1853 dormouse
Glirudinus glirulus3 Dehm 1935 dormouse
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Rhodanomys sp.3, Eomys sp.3
Rhodanomys sp.3 Depéret and Douxami 1902 rodent
Eomys sp.3 Schlosser 1884 rodent
 Marsupialia -
Marsupialia indet.3
1Broin 1977; 2Brunet 1979; 3Mennecart et al. 2012; 4Novello et al. 2010; 5Peigné et al. 2014