Aubrelong 2: Priabonian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Hurzeleris quercyi
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Sudre 1978 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Xiphodontherium primaevum
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| probably synonymous with Amphimeryx murinus Cuvier 1822 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Adapidae
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Adapis magnus
Filhol 1874
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Leptadapis magnus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Necrolemur antiquus
Filhol 1873
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20 specimens | |||||||||
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Pseudoloris parvulus
(Filhol 1890)
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Sudre 1978 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
| original and current combination Necrolemur parvulus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Hyaenodon vulpinus
Filhol 1876
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| synonym of Hyaenodon filholi | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Palaeotheriidae
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Paloplotherium minus
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| spelled with current rank as Plagiolophus (Paloplotherium) | ||||||||||
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Palaeotherium sp.
Cuvier 1804
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Mammalia
- Dichobunidae
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Mouillacitherium elegans
Filhol 1882
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Sudre 1978 | 14 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cebochoeridae
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Cebochoerus (Gervachoerus n. subgen.) cf. minor
Gervais 1876
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Sudre 1978 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Gervachoerus minor | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cainotheriidae
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? Paroxacron sp.
Hürzeler 1936
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Sudre 1978 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Xiphodontidae
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Haplomeryx cf. euzetensis
Depéret 1917
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Sudre 1978 | |||||||||
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Dichodon sp.
Owen
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Sudre 1978 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Leptotheridium lugeoni
Stehlin 1910
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Sudre 1978 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Amphimerycidae
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Pseudamphimeryx renevieri
Pictet and Humbert 1869
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Sudre 1978 | 59 specimens | ||||||||
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Amphimeryx sp.
Pictet 1853
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Rhinolophidae
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Rhinolophus sp.
Lacépède 1799
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| mainly found in the yellow clay | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Emballonuridae
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? Vespertiliavus sp.
Schlosser 1877
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| mainly found in the yellow clay | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Necrosauridae
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Necrosaurus cayluxi
Filhol 1873
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Augé 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| caudal vertebra | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Placosaurus sp.
Gervais 1852
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Augé 2005 | 40 specimens | ||||||||
| about forty osteoderms | ||||||||||
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Anguis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Augé 2005 | |||||||||
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Anguini indet.
Augé 2005
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Augé 2005 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Iguanidae
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Pseudolacerta lamandini
Filhol 1877
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Augé 1987 | |||||||||
| recombined as Geiseltaliellus lamandini | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Gekkonidae
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Cadurcogekko piveteaui
Hoffstetter 1946
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Augé 2005 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| one dentary, one vertebra | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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Plesiolacerta lydekkeri
(Hoffstetter 1942)
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Augé 2005 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| Iguana europaea | ||||||||||
| two dorsal vertebrae | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region | County: | Lot Departement |
| Coordinates: | 44.3° North, 1.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.8° North, 2.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 280 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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 | Zone: | Euzet Level |
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: European Mammal Zone ('Niveau Repère') based on rodents |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | concretionary,red,yellow claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | phosphorite |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: red and yellow clays containing phosphate and calcite concretions | |
| Environment: | sinkhole |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Rock censused: | 16777215 cm3 (volume) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 12848 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Fara, P. Barrett | Enterer: | E. Fara, T. Cleary |
| Modifier: | E. Fara | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2001-12-20 07:33:30 | Last modified: | 2004-09-01 09:18:07 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2001-12-20 07:33:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11573. | B. Geze. 1938. Contribution a la connaissance des phosphorites du Quercy. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 5(8):123-146 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara] |
Secondary references:
| 4283 | 5% 20820 | M. 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] |
| 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] | |
| 8517 | 5% 7400 | J. 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] |