La Verrerie de Roches fissures: Bartonian, Switzerland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Theridomyidae
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Elfomys engesseri
Hooker and Weidmann 2007
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Left DP4 (MJSN VRR006-217); left P4 (MJSN VRR006-215); two right M1/2s (MJSN VRR006-226, MJSN VRR006-227); left p4 (MJSN VRR006-222) | ||||||||||
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Elfomys cf. tobieni
Thaler 1966
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Right p4 (MJSN VRR006-225); left broken m3 (MJSN VRR006-220) | ||||||||||
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Paradelomys ruetimeyeri
Pictet and Humbert 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Right m1/2 (MJSN VRR006-210) | ||||||||||
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Paradelomys crusafonti
Thaler 1966
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Left p4 (MJSN VRR006-211); right m1/2 (MJSN VRR006-228) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Pseudosciuridae
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Sciuroides cf. romani
Hartenberger 1973
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Right DP4 (MJSN VRR006- 213); right P4 (MJSN VRR006-212); left M1/2 (MJSN VRR006-208) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Necrolemur aff. antiquus
Filhol 1873
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Right i1 (MJSN VRR006-218) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Adapidae
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Adapis aff. sudrei
Gingerich 1977
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Left p4 (MJSN VRR006-207) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Mixtotheriidae
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Mixtotherium lavergnense
Sudre 1977
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Right M1 (MJSN VRR006-204) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Carnivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Left p2 (MJSN VRR006-205); right p2 (MJSN VRR006-206) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
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Herpetotheriinae indet.
(Trouessart 1879)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Left P1 (MJSN VRR006-219); fragmentary right M4 (MJSN VRR006-209) | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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Pelobatidae indet.
Lataste 1879
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Vasilyan 2018 | |||||||||
| ilium | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Thaumastosaurus bottii
De Stefano 1903
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Vasilyan 2018 | |||||||||
| NHMB and MJSN specimens | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufonidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Vasilyan 2018 | |||||||||
| two ilia | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Switzerland | State/province: | Jura |
| Coordinates: | 47.3° North, 7.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.3° North, 3.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Bartonian | Other zone: | MP16 |
| Age range of interval: | 41.2 - 37.71 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "In summary, the small mammals from La Verrerie de Roches fit best with the Reference Level MP16 (Fig. 5) and to the Lophiodon lautricense-Lophiotherium siderolithicum Mammal Biozone" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | fissure fill |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | chemical,mechanical,sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 182385 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Benito Moreno, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-10-27 09:44:59 | Last modified: | 2018-08-28 11:30:18 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2018-10-27 09:44:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 60673. | D. Becker, G. Rauber, and L. Scherler. 2013. New small mammal fauna of late Middle Eocene age from a fissure filling at La Verrerie de Roches (Jura, NW Switzerland). Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 32(2):433-446 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno] |
Secondary references:
| 66667 | D. Vasilyan. 2018. Eocene Western European endemic genus Thaumastosaurus: new insights into the question "Are the Ranidae known prior to the Oligocene?''. PeerJ 6:e5511:1-24 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |