Where: Provence-Alpes-Côte d?Azur, France (44.0° N, 5.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 2.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MP 23 (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• all of the material is from one bed about 2 m from the surface and with an excavation surface of a few meters squared discovered while digging a well
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. A. Remy. 2000. Plagiolophus huerzeleri, une nouvelle espèce de Palaeotheriidae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) d'Oligocène inférieur (Rupélien, MP 23) à Murs (Vaucluse, France). Geobios 33(4):489-503 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 73965: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.07.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Reptilia | |
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Mammalia | |
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent | |
Blainvillimys helmeri Vianey-Liaud 1972 rodent | |
Anthracotherium sp. Cuvier 1822 anthracothere | |
Entelodon sp. Aymard 1846 even-toed ungulate | |
Lophiomeryx chalaniati Pomel 1853 ruminant | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
Plagiolophus (Plagiolophus) huerzeleri n. sp. Remy 2000 odd-toed ungulate |