PBDB Collection

Saint-Papoul (Eocene of France)

Where: Aude, France (43.3° N, 2.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 0.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 8 + 9 mammal zone, Saint-Papoul Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• ‘Argiles rutilantes d’Issel et de Saint-Papoul’ Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: M. Richard. 1946. Contribution a l'étude du basin d'Aquitaine, Les Gisements de Mammiferes Tertiares. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France, Nouvelle Serie 24(52):1-380 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78236: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.01.2008, edited by Patricia Holroyd, David Nicholson and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Testudines - Podocnemididae	Podocnemididae indet.⁶, "Papoulemys laurenti n. gen. n. sp." = Neochelys laurenti⁶, "Neochelys laurenti" = Neochelys laurenti⁴ Podocnemididae indet.⁶ Cope 1868 sideneck turtle n. T13 – n. T21 "Papoulemys laurenti n. gen. n. sp." = Neochelys laurenti⁶ Tong 1998 sideneck turtle Type n. T12 Musée de Dinosaures, Espéraza, Aude, France "Neochelys laurenti" = Neochelys laurenti⁴ Tong 1998 sideneck turtle MNHN.F.SPP 28, MNHN.F. 5818–5819, MNHN.F.SPP 30, MNHN.F,SPP 29
Testudines - Bothremydidae	cf. Foxemydina indet.³, Tartaruscola teodorii n. gen. n. sp.³ cf. Foxemydina indet.³ Gaffney et al. 2006 sideneck turtle three nuchals Tartaruscola teodorii n. gen. n. sp.³ Pérez-García 2016 sideneck turtle MNHN.F.SPP33, holotype skull
Testudines - Testudinidae	Juvemys labarrerei n. gen. n. sp.², "Achilemys cassouleti n. sp." = Fontainechelon cassouleti¹, Palaeoemys testudiniformis¹, Palaeoemys occitana n. sp.², Testudininei indet.² Juvemys labarrerei n. gen. n. sp.² Hervet 2003 turtle Type MNHN SPP17 "Achilemys cassouleti n. sp." = Fontainechelon cassouleti¹ Claude and Tong 2004 turtle MDE-sp37, holotype partial skeleton Palaeoemys testudiniformis¹ turtle Palaeoemys occitana n. sp.² Hervet 2003 turtle Testudininei indet.² de Broin and de la Fuente 1993 turtle
Testudines - Carettochelyidae	Allaeochelys sp.² Allaeochelys sp.² Noulet 1867 turtle
Testudines - Trionychidae	Trionyx sp.² Trionyx sp.² Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
Mammalia
Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae	Lophiaspis occitanicus Lophiaspis occitanicus Deperet 1910 odd-toed ungulate originally entered as "Lophiasphis occitanicus"
Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae	Preregidens langebadrae n. gen. n. sp.⁵ Preregidens langebadrae n. gen. n. sp.⁵ Solé et al. 2015 creodont MNHN.F.SPP32 - holotype

¹Claude and Tong 2004; ²Hervet 2003; ³Pérez-García 2016; ⁴Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin 2015; ⁵Solé et al. 2015; ⁶Tong 1998