Espeyrasse (MP 26) (Oligocene of France)

Where: France (44.3° N, 1.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.1° N, 0.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: Z. Szyndlar and J.-C. Rage. 2003. Non-erycine Booidea from the Oligocene and Miocene of Europe. 1-109 [J. Head/J. Head]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 60215: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 07.05.2006, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende and Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguini indet.1 Augé 2005 squamates
 Squamata - Boidae
Bavarioboa bachensis n. sp. Szyndlar and Rage 2003 boa
USTL ESP 601 (holotype), one trunk vertebra; USTL ESP 602-608, seven trunk vertebrae
 Squamata - Tropidophiidae
Platyspondylia sp. Rage 1974 dwarf boa
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Pseudeumeces cadurcensis2 Filhol 1877 squamates
USTL, ESP 611, two incomplete dentaries
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Tetracus nanus3 Aymard 1846 hedgehog