Mouillac (Oligocene of France)

Also known as Quercy

Where: France (44.3° N, 1.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 1.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Quercy Phosphorites Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; phosphorite

Primary reference: C. Blondel. 2005. New data on the Cainotheriidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the early Oligocene of south-western France. Zoological Journal fo the Linnaean Society 144:125-166 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 59885: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.04.2006, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Blainvillimys rotundidens n. sp.1 Schlosser 1884 rodent
BSP 1879 XV 508 - type
Sciuromys cayluxi n. gen. n. sp.2 Schlosser 1884 rodent
BSP 1879 XV 173 - type
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
Plesiomeryx cadurcensis n. sp. Gervais 1873 even-toed ungulate
MNHN-QU 1772
Paroxacron bergeri n. sp. Heissig 1978 even-toed ungulate
BSP 1879XV201