Where: France (44.4° N, 1.6° E: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 2.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: MP 19 (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: karst; phosphorite
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: USTL Montpellier collection
Primary reference: G. Mayr and C. Mourer-Chauviré. 2000. Rollers (Aves: Coraciiformes s.s.) from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Germany) and the Upper Eocene of the Quercy (France). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3):533-546 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 84656: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.11.2008, edited by Philip Mannion and Terri Cleary
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Gliravus priscus" = Glamys priscus4
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Patriotheridomys altus n. sp.4
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Blanidae indet.2 Kearney 2003 worm lizard USTL ECA 2523, incomplete right dentary; USTL ECA 2524, thirty trunk vertebrae;
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Geranopterus alatus Milne-Edwards 1892 bird | |