Aumelas 1: Ypresian - Lutetian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Alytidae
Discoglossinae indet. Günther 1859
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Urodela indet. (Duméril 1805)
Reptilia - Gekkonidae
Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825
Reptilia - Boidae
Boidae indet. Gray 1825
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguidae indet. Gray 1825
Anguini indet. Augé 2005
Augé 2005
Reptilia
Amphisbaenia indet. Gray 1844
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudinoidea indet. Gray 1825
Hervet 2004
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
    = Palaeochelys sp. Meyer 1847
Sudre 1980
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Reptilia
Iberosuchus sp. Antunes 1975
Martin 2016
AUM 458, 459, 465, 466, 472, 474, 477
Mammalia
Amphiperatherium bastbergense Crochet 1979
Sudre 1980
Peratherium sp. Aymard 1850
    = Amphiperatherium goethei Crochet 1979
Sudre 1980
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Microparamys sp. Wood 1959
Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae
Anchomomys cf. gaillardi Stehlin 1916
Sudre 1978 1 specimen
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Oxyaenoides aumelasiensis n. sp. Solé et al. 2020
Solé et al. 2020
UM-AUM693 - type; referred material: UM-AUM686, 692 and 695
Matthodon peignei n. sp. Solé et al. 2020
Solé et al. 2020
UM-AUM694 - type; referred material: UM-AUM268
Proviverrinae indet. Schlosser 1886
Sudre 1980
    = Leonhardtina meridianum n. sp. Solé et al. 2020
Solé et al. 2020
UM-AUM54 - type; referred material: UM-AUM530
Mammalia - Dichobunidae
Hyperdichobune sp. Stehlin 1910
Sudre 1978 2 specimens
    = Eurodexis cf. russelli Sudre and Erfurt 1996
Luccisano et al. 2020
UM-AUM77
Cebochoerus cf. ruetimeyeri Stehlin 1908
Sudre 1978 2 specimens
Cebochoerus n. subgen. (Cebochoerus) cf. ruetimeyeri
    = Aumelasia gabineaudi n. gen., n. sp. Sudre 1980
Sudre 1980
UM AUM 145 - holotype; referred material: UM-AUM09
Dichobune aff. robertiana Gervais 1848
Luccisano et al. 2020
UM-AUM183, 184, 687
Mammalia - Choeropotamidae
Lophiobunodon minervoisensis Deperet 1908
Luccisano et al. 2020
UM-AUM 437-447, 502, 504, 1701-1711
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
Chasmotherium sp. Rutimeyer
synonym of Hyrachyus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae
Lophiodon leptorhynchum Filhol 1888
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Lophiotherium sp. Marsh 1871
AUM 172 and more
Pachynolophus sp. Pomel 1847
Remy et al. 2019
AUM 227 and more
Pachynolophus ruscassierensis n. sp. Remy et al. 2019
Remy et al. 2019
UM-AUM 231 - type
Propalaeotherium sp. Gervais
    = Propalaeotherium sudrei n. sp. Remy et al. 2016
Remy et al. 2016
AUM 181 - type
Propalaeotherium cf. gaudryi (Lemoine 1878)
Remy et al. 2019
AUM 206 and more
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
Saturninia sp. Stehlin 1940
Sudre 1980
Mammalia - Lipotyphla
Lipotyphla indet. Haeckel 1866
Sudre 1980
synonym of Eulipotyphla
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Archaeonycteridae
Palaeochiropteryx sp. Revilliod 1917
Sudre 1980
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Biomphalaria pseudoammonius
Remy et al. 2019
unclassified
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
    = Limnaea michelini
Remy et al. 2019
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Languedoc-Roussillon Region County:Herault Departement
Coordinates: 43.6° North, 3.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.6° North, 0.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary - Early/Lower Tertiary *Epoch:Middle Eocene - Middle Eocene
*International age/stage:Lutetian - Lutetian *Local age/stage:Late/Upper Lutetian - Late/Upper Lutetian
Key time interval:Ypresian - Lutetian Mammal zone: MP 13
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: The level might be related to the MP 13 European mammal level; Solé et al. (2020) suggest a late Ypresian-early Lutetian age
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Massive, hard, crystalline lacustrine limestone
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:chemical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: The hard matrix necessitated a very long acid attack for preparation.
Taxonomic list comments:The taxa listed in ref. 8517 are just said to belong to "Aumelas", but they most probably come from Aumelas 1 since Aumelas 2 is said to have yielded only "undeterminable material".
Metadata
Also known as:Aumelas
Database number:31717
Authorizer:E. Fara, P. Barrett, P. Mannion, D. Nicholson Enterer:E. Fara, T. Cleary, D. Nicholson, P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-05-23 00:46:01 Last modified:2020-08-25 10:08:59
Access level:the public Released:2003-05-23 00:46:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
8544. J.-L. Hartenberger, B. Sigé, and J. Sudre. 1969. Les gisements de vertebres de la region montpellieraine; 1. Gisements eocenes. Bulletin du B.R.G.M. (Bureau de recherche Geologique et Miniere) 1(1):7-18 [E. Fara/E. Fara/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

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]
58591 S. Hervet. 2004. Systématique du groupe "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) du Tertiaire d'Europe occidentale: principaux résultats [Systematic of the "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" group (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) from the Tertiary of Western Europe: principal results. Annales de Paléontologie 90(1):13-78 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]
73551 V. Luccisano, J. Sudre, and F. Lihoreau. 2020. Revision of the Eocene artiodactyls (Mammalia, Placentalia) from Aumelas and Saint-Martin-de-Londres (Montpellier limestones, Hérault, France) questions the early European artiodactyl radiation. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18(19):1631-1656 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
62731 J. E. Martin. 2016. New material of the ziphodont mesoeucrocodylian Iberosuchus from the Eocene of Languedoc, southern France. Annales de Paléontologie 102:135-144 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
60705 J. A. Remy, G. Krasovec, and B. Marandat. 2016. A new species of Propalaeotherium (Palaeotheriidae, Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Middle Eocene locality of Aumelas (Hérault, France). Palaeovertebrata 40(2) [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
69773 J. A. Remy, G. Krasovec, Lopez, B. Marandat, and F. Lihoreau. 2019. The Palaeotheriidae (Equoidea, Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Eocene fauna of Aumelas (Hérault department, France). Geodiversitas 41(13):525-585 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
72647 F. Solé, B. Marandat, and F. Lihoreau. 2020. The hyaenodonts (Mammalia) from the French locality of Aumelas (Hérault), with possible new representatives from the late Ypresian. Geodiversitas 42(13):185-214 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
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]
60880 J. Sudre. 1980. Aumelasia gabineaudi n.g. n.sp. nouveau Dichobunidae (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) du gisement d'Aumelas (Hérault) d'âge Lutétien terminal. Palaeovertebrata, Mémoire Jubilaire R. Lavocat 9:197-211 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]