Escamps A (Eocene of France)

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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Patriotheridomys altus n. sp.4 Vianey-Liaud 1974 rodent
ECA 1514 - holotype
 Rodentia - Gliridae
"Gliravus priscus" = Glamys priscus4
"Gliravus priscus" = Glamys priscus4 Stehlin and Schaub 1951 dormouse
 Leptictida - Pseudorhyncocyonidae
Pseudorhyncocyon cayluxi3 Filhol 1892 eutherian
ECA 1
Aves
 Coraciiformes - Geranopteridae
Geranopterus alatus Milne-Edwards 1892 bird
Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Helvetisaurus picteti1 Hoffstetter 1942 squamates
four dorsal vertebrae
 Squamata - Blanidae
Blanidae indet.2 Kearney 2003 worm lizard
USTL ECA 2523, incomplete right dentary; USTL ECA 2524, thirty trunk vertebrae;