Les Pradigues: Priabonian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Primates - Adapidae
Adapis magnus Filhol 1874
Sudre 1978
recombined as Leptadapis magnus
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Necrolemur antiquus Filhol 1873
Sudre 1978 13 specimens
Pseudoloris parvulus (Filhol 1890)
Sudre 1978 3 specimens
original and current combination Necrolemur parvulus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Gliravus sp. Stehlin and Schaub 1951
Mammalia - Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Theridomys informal sp.2 Jourdan 1837
Paradelomys crusafonti Thaler 1966
Pseudoltinomys sp. Lavocat 1951
Suevosciurus sp. Dehm 1937
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Cynohyaenodon sp. Filhol 1873
Mammalia
Quercygale angustidens (Filhol 1872)
Mammalia - Mixtotheriidae
Mixtotherium cuspidatum Filhol 1880
Sudre 1978 2 specimens
Mammalia - Tapirulidae
Tapirulus perrierensis n. sp. Sudre 1978
Sudre 1978 1 specimen
Mammalia - Robiacinidae
Robiacina quercyi Sudre 1977
Sudre 1978 4 specimens
Mammalia - Xiphodontidae
Haplomeryx euzetensis Depéret 1917
Leptotheridium lugeoni Stehlin 1910
Sudre 1978 2 specimens
Mammalia - Amphimerycidae
Pseudamphimeryx renevieri Pictet and Humbert 1869
Sudre 1978 13 specimens
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
Saturninia beata Crochet 1974
Saturninia gracilis Stehlin 1940
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus informal sp.2 Lacépède 1799
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Hipposideridae
Hipposideridae indet. Lydekker 1891
Palaeophyllophora informal sp.1 Revilliod 1917
cf. Hipposideros informal sp.2 Gray 1831
Hipposideros morloti Pictet 1855
Hipposideros schlosseri Revilliod 1917
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Emballonuridae
cf. Vespertiliavus wingei
Vespertiliavus sp. Schlosser 1877
Mammalia - Apatemyidae
Heterohyus sudrei Sigé 1975
Heterohyus (Gardonyus) sudrei
Mammalia
Amphiperatherium minutum Aymard 1846
Amphiperatherium fontense Crochet 1979
Peratherium lavergnense Crochet 1979
Reptilia - Tropidophiidae
Dunnophis cadurcensis Rage 1974
Reptilia - Boidae
Boidae informal Boidae J
Boidae informal Boidae K
Boidae informal Boidae M
Cadurceryx filholi Hoffstetter and Rage 1972
Palaeopython cadurcensis (Filhol 1877)
original and current combination Python cadurcensis
Reptilia
? Eoanilius europae Rage 1974
Coniophis sp. Marsh 1892
nomen dubium belonging to Serpentes
Reptilia - Amphisbaenidae
Amphisbaenidae indet. Gray 1865
Reptilia - Cordylidae
Eocordyla mathisi Augé 2005
Augé 2005 1 specimen
incomplete right dentary
Pseudolacerta sp. De Stefano 1903
Augé 1987
Pseudolacerta quercyini Augé 2005
Augé 2005 1 specimen
incomplete left dentary
Pseudolacerta mucronata Filhol 1877
Augé 1987
Reptilia - Necrosauridae
Necrosaurus eucarinatus Kuhn 1940
Augé 2005 1 specimen
USTL PRA 8, frontal
Necrosaurus cayluxi Filhol 1873
Reptilia - Anguidae
Placosaurus sp. Gervais 1852
cf. Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
Anguini indet. Augé 2005
Augé 2005
Helvetisaurus picteti Hoffstetter 1942
Augé 2005 1 specimen
USTL PRA 7, palatine
Reptilia - Iguanidae
Geiseltaliellus sp. Kuhn 1944
Augé 2005 2 specimens
complete premaxilla; incomplete right maxilla
Geiseltaliellus pradiguensis n. sp. Auge 2007
Auge 2007 1 specimen
USTL PRA 1221 (holotype), part of right maxilla
Cadurciguana hoffstetteri Auge 1987
Augé 2005 4 specimens
three incomplete right dentaries; left dentary
Reptilia - Gekkonidae
Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825
Cadurcogekko piveteaui Hoffstetter 1946
Augé 2005 14 specimens
twelve dentaries, two maxillae
Cadurcogekko rugosus Augé 2005
Augé 2005 1 specimen
right maxilla
    = Cadurcogekko verus n. sp. Bolet et al. 2015
Bolet et al. 2015
USTL PRA 9, right maxilla. Previously referred to C. rugosus, a chimaera species.
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Plesiolacerta cf. lydekkeri (Hoffstetter 1942)
Iguana europaea
Reptilia - Apodiformes - Aegialornithidae
Cypselavus gallicus Gaillard 1908
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Urodela informal Urodela C Crochet et al. 1981
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae
cf. Eopelobates sp. Parker 1929
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region County:Lot Departement
Coordinates: 44.3° North, 1.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.9° North, 1.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary - Early/Lower Tertiary *Epoch:Late/Upper Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene
*International age/stage:Priabonian - Priabonian *Local age/stage:Early/Lower Ludien - Early/Lower Ludien
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Perriere
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: European Mammal Zone ('Niveau Repère') based on rodents. "probably Perriere level"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: phosphorite
Environment:karst indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:incomplete
Metadata
Database number:12841
Authorizer:E. Fara, P. Barrett Enterer:E. Fara, T. Cleary
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:vertebrate
Created:2001-12-20 06:57:09 Last modified:2019-04-08 21:40:48
Access level:the public Released:2001-12-20 06:57:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
7272. J.-Y. Crochet, J.-L. Hartenberger, J.-C. Rage, J.A. Remy, B. Sige, J. Sudre, and M. Vianey-Liaud. 1981. Les nouvelles faunes de vertebres anterieurs a la "Grande Coupure" decouvertes dans les phosphorites du Quercy. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 3(3):245-266 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara]

Secondary references:

42835% 20820M. Augé. 1987. Les Cordylidae (Reptilia, Lacertilia) de l'Eocène français. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 9(2):181-196 [E. Fara/E. Fara/J. Alroy]
66300 M. Auge. 2007. Past and present distribution of iguanid lizards. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 65(4):403-416 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary]
59290 M. L. Augé. 2005. Evolution des lézards du Paléogène en Europe. Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 192:1-369 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary/T. Cleary]
59435 A. Bolet, J. D. Daza, M. Auge and A. M. Bauer. 2015. New genus and species names for the Eocene lizard Cadurcogekko rugosus Augé, 2005. Zootaxa 3985(2):265-274 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary]
85175% 7400J. Sudre. 1978. Les artiodactyles de l'Eocene moyen et superieur d'Europe occidentale; systematique et evolution. Memoires et Travaux de l'Institut de Montpellier de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes 7:1-229 [E. Fara/E. Fara/M. Uhen]