Valbro déblais: MP 22, France
collected 2009-2012
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Atavocricetodon aff. nanus
(Pelaez-Campomanes 1995)
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| VBO 1002-1030 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Bransatoglis planus
(Bahlo 1975)
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Oligodyromys planus | ||||||||||
| VBO 993 | ||||||||||
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Butseloglis micio
(Misonne 1957)
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| recombined as Schizogliravus micio | ||||||||||
| VBO 994-996 | ||||||||||
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Gliravus tenuis
Bahlo 1975
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| recombined as Butseloglis tenuis | ||||||||||
| VBO 997-1001 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Palaeosciurus goti
Vianey-Liaud 1974
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| VBO 986-989 and 991 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Aplodontidae
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cf. Oligopetes sp.
Heissig 1979
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| VBO 990 | ||||||||||
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Plesispermophilus angustidens
Filhol 1882
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| VBO 992 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Theridomyidae
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Blainvillimys ? gemellus
Vianey-Liaud 1989
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| VBO 951-956 | ||||||||||
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Blainvillimys gregarius
(Schlosser 1884)
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| Theridomys gregarius | ||||||||||
| VBO 901-950 | ||||||||||
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Issiodoromys medius
(Vianey-Liaud 1976)
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| Elfomys medius | ||||||||||
| VBO 973-985 | ||||||||||
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Sciuromys cayluxi
Schlosser 1884
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| VBO 957-972 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Hyaenodon leptorhynchus
Laizer and Parieu 1838
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| VBO 451-452 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
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cf. Apterodon sp.
Fischer 1880
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| VBO 1215 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Carnivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| VBO specimens | ||||||||||
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Arctoidea indet.
(Flower 1869)
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| VBO 492 | ||||||||||
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Peignictis pseudamphictis n. gen., n. sp.
de Bonis et al. 2019
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de Bonis et al. 2019 | |||||||||
| UM VD1 | ||||||||||
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Mustelictis olivieri
de Bonis 1997
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| VBO 494 | ||||||||||
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Mustelictis cf. major
Teilhard 1915
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de Bonis et al. 2019 | |||||||||
| UM VD17 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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? Amphicynodon informal sp. 2
Filhol 1881
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| VBO 1211 | ||||||||||
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cf. Amphicynodon typicus
(Schlosser 1888)
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| recombined as Cynodon typicus | ||||||||||
| VBO 466-467 | ||||||||||
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Pachycynodon sp.
Schlosser 1887
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| VBO 1207-1213 | ||||||||||
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Pachycynodon crassirostris
Schlosser 1888
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| VBO 456-457 | ||||||||||
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Pachycynodon cf. filholi
Schlosser 1888
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de Bonis et al. 2019 | |||||||||
| UM VD5, 7, 8 and 10 | ||||||||||
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Pachycynodon cf. dubius
Filhol 1882
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de Bonis et al. 2019 | |||||||||
| UM VD4, 6 and 14 | ||||||||||
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cf. Pachycynodon boriei
Filhol 1876
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| VBO 455 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Feliformia indet.
Kretzoi 1945
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| VBO 1214 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Nimravidae
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Nimravidae indet.
Cope 1880
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| VBO 1201 | ||||||||||
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Nimravus intermedius
Filhol 1872
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| VBO 453-454 | ||||||||||
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Eusmilus bidentatus
(Filhol 1872)
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de Bonis et al. 2019 | |||||||||
| UM VD2-3 | ||||||||||
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Eofelis edwardsi
(Filhol 1872)
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de Bonis et al. 2019 | |||||||||
| recombined as Eofelis edwardsii | ||||||||||
| UM VBO 454 | ||||||||||
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Dinailurictis bonali
Helbing 1922
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Peigné et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| VBO 1202 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Booidea indet.
Gray 1825
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30 elements | |||||||||
| VBO 528 to 530 (about 30 trunk vertebrae) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Boidae
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Boidae informal sp. C
Gray 1825
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6 elements | |||||||||
| VBO 525 and 526 (6 trunk vertebrae) | ||||||||||
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? Boidae informal sp. C
Gray 1825
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11 elements | |||||||||
| VBO 527 (11 trunk vertebrae) | ||||||||||
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Boidae informal indet. A
Gray 1825
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1 element | |||||||||
| VBO 528 (1 trunk vertebra) | ||||||||||
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Boidae informal indet. B
Gray 1825
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1 element | |||||||||
| VBO 529 (1 trunk vertebra) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Eoanilius aff. oligocenicus
Szyndlar 1994
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3 elements | |||||||||
| VBO 522 to 524 (3 mid-trunk vertebrae) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Coluber cadurci
Rage 1974
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21 elements | |||||||||
| VBO 531 and 532 (15 mid-trunk vertebrae), VBO 533 (1 posteriormost trunk vertebra), VBO 534 (5 caudal vertebrae) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Amphisbaenia indet.
(Gray 1844)
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24 elements | |||||||||
| VBO 65 (2 poorly preserved dentaries), VBO 66 (19 trunk vertebrae), VBO 67 (3 caudal vertebrae) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Amphisbaenidae
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Amphisbaenidae indet.
Gray 1865
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34 elements | |||||||||
| VBO 56 (1 right dentary), VBO 57 (1 incomplete premaxilla), VBO 58 to 60 (30 trunk vertebrae), VBO 61 (2 caudal vertebrae) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Blanidae
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Blanidae indet.
Kearney 2003
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9 elements | |||||||||
| VBO 64 (9 trunk vertebrae) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Necrosauridae
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Necrosaurus sp.
Filhol 1876
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2 elements | |||||||||
| VBO 54 and 55 (2 caudal vertebrae) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Dopasia sp.
Gray 1853
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10 elements | |||||||||
| "Dopasia s.l. sp."; VBO 52 (4 trunk vertebrae); VBO 53 (6 caudal vertebrae) | ||||||||||
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= Ophisauromimus coderetensis
Augé 2005
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Cernansky et al. 2016 | |||||||||
| Authors consider Valbro specimens "provisionally as conspecific" with O. coderetensis | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Uromastyx europaeus
Moody 1980
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4 elements | |||||||||
| VBO 46 (1 left dentary), VBO 47 and 48 (2 maxilla fragments), VBO 49 (1 trunk vertebra) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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Lacertidae indet.
Bonaparte 1831
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2 elements | |||||||||
| VBO 50 (1 trunk vertebra), VBO 51 (1 caudal vertebra) | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Salamandra sp.
Laurenti 1768
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1 element | |||||||||
| VBO 519 (1 trunk vertebra) | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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Pelobatidae indet.
Lataste 1879
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1 element | |||||||||
| VBO 521 (1 presacral vertebra) | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Alytidae
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Alytidae indet.
Fitzinger 1843
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1 fragment | |||||||||
| "Discoglossus group"; VBO 520 (anterior part of a single urostyle) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Midi-Pyrenées | County: | Lot |
| Coordinates: | 44.4° North, 1.7° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.6° North, 1.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | MP 22 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red poorly lithified mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: The Valbro déblais is an anthropogenic accumulation of red loam which was removed from the sinkhole during the active period of the phosphorite mining. It does not contain large limestone fragments anymore. | |
| Environment: | sinkhole |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),sieve |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | mainly 2009-2012 |
| Collection method comments: "Fossils were collected directly from the sediment and after screen washing" (Rage & Augé, 2015).
"The material is curated in the Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution (ISEM), Université de Montpellier 2, France" (Rage & Augé, 2015). | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Quercy, MP 22 | ||
| Database number: | 167537 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Mueller, P. Mannion, P. Barrett | Enterer: | T. Liebrecht, P. Mannion, T. Cleary |
| Modifier: | T. Liebrecht | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-03-20 16:57:46 | Last modified: | 2015-03-20 17:53:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-03-20 16:57:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54669. | J.-C. Rage and M. Augé. 2015. Valbro: A new site of vertebrates from the early Oligocene (MP 22) of France (Quercy). III - Amphibians and squamates. Annales de Paléontologie 101(1):29-41 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] |
Secondary references:
| 59393 | A. Cernansky, J. Klembara, and J. Muller. 2016. The new rare record of the late Oligocene lizards and amphisbaenians from Germany and its impact on our knowledge of the European terminal Palaeogene. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 1-29 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary] | |
| 70184 | L. de Bonis, A. Gardin, and C. Blondel. 2019. Carnivora from the early Oligocene of the ‘Phosphorites du Quercy’ in southwestern France. Geodiversitas 41(15):601-621 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 54680 | S. Peigné, M. Vianey-Liaud, T. Pélissié and B. Sigé. 2014. Valbro : un nouveau site à vertébrés de l’Oligocène inférieur (MP22) de France (Quercy). I – Contexte géologique ; Mammalia : Rodentia, Hyaenodontida, Carnivora [Valbro: A new site of vertebrates from the early Oligocene (MP22) of France (Quercy). I – Geological context; Mammalia: Rodentia, Hyaenodontida, Carnivora]. Annales de Paléontologie 100(1):1-45 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/P. Mannion] |