Ravet: MP 21, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
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Ephemerolagus nievae n. gen., n. sp.
Vianey-Liaud and Lebrun 2013
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Vianey-Liaud and Lebrun 2013 | |||||||||
| RAV546 - holotype; paratype: RAV26; previously referred to Desmatolagus sp. by López-Martínez & Thaler (1975) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Desmatolagus sp.
Matthew and Granger 1923
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Lopez and Thaler 1974 | |||||||||
| RAV 26 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Aplodontidae
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Lophallomys atavus
(Schmidt-Kittler and Vianey-Liaud 1979)
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Vianey-Liaud and Schmid 2009 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Theridomyidae
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Blainvillimys langei
Vianey-Liaud 1972
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Vianey-Liaud and Schmid 2009 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Pseudosciuridae
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Tarnomys quercinus n. sp.
Hartenberger and Schmidt-Kittler 1976
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Peláez-Campomanes 2000 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Cynodictis brachyrostris n. sp.
Filhol 1876
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Cirot and de Bonis 1992 | |||||||||
| recombined as Amphicynodon brachyrostris | ||||||||||
| QU8907 (holotype) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Gelocidae
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Gelocus communis
Aymard 1846
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Blondel 1997 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cainotheriidae
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Plesiomeryx cadurcensis
Gervais 1873
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Blondel 2005 | 18 specimens | ||||||||
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Paroxacron sp.
Hürzeler 1936
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Blondel 2005 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Tetracus nanus
(Aymard 1846)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Amphisbaenidae indet.
(Gray 1865)
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Augé 2005 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
| around ten dorsal vertebrae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Necrosauridae
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Necrosaurus sp.
Filhol 1876
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Augé 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| fragment of dentary | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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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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Helvetisaurus informal indet. Forme B
Augé 2005
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Augé 2005 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| USTL RAV 553, right dentary missing anterior half; one dorsal vertebra. Forme A is found in Grisolles. | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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Plesiolacerta lydekkeri
(Hoffstetter 1942)
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Augé 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Iguana europaea | ||||||||||
| USTL Rav 551, parietal | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Quercy | County: | Tarn-et-Garonne Département |
| Coordinates: | 44.0° North, 1.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.3° North, 2.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | MP 21 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Oligocene "moyen", Hoogbutsel Zone.
JA: Hoogbutsel level is MP 21 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | phosphorite |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | karst indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MNHN |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Ravel; Ravet-Lupo; Ravet-Lupovici; Ravet Lupovici; Quercy Phosporites | ||
| Database number: | 36708 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen, L. van den Hoek Ostende, P. Barrett, B. Allen, P. Mannion | Enterer: | R. Whatley, L. van den Hoek Ostende, M. Uhen, T. Cleary, P. Mannion, B. Allen |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-02-10 13:53:28 | Last modified: | 2017-03-02 06:30:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-02-10 13:53:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9831. | 5% 36280 | J.-Y. Crochet. 1974. Les Insectivores des Phosphorites du Quercy. [Insectivores of the Quercy Phosphorites]. Palaeovertebrata, Montpellier 6(1-2):109-159 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/L. van den Hoek Ostende] |
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] | |
| 61216 | C. Blondel. 1997. Les ruminants de Pech Desse et de Pech du Fraysse (Quercy; MP28); évolution des ruminants de l'oligocène d'Europe. Geobios 30(4):573-591 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 17174 | C. Blondel. 2005. New data on the Cainotheriidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the early Oligocene of south-western France. Zoological Journal fo the Linnaean Society 144:125-166 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 9832 | 5% 16920 | E. Cirot and L. de Bonis. 1992. Revision du genre Amphicynodon, carnivore de l'Oligocene. [Revision of the genus Amphicynodon, Oligocene carnivores.]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 220(4-6):103-130 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/J. Alroy] |
| 61806 | N. Lopez and L. Thaler. 1974. Sur le plus ancien Lagomorphe Européen et la 'Grande Coupure' Oligocène de Stehlin. Palaeovertebrata 6:243-251 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 26808 | P. Peláez-Campomanes. 2000. Mammalian faunas from the Paleogene of the Sierra Palomera (Teruel, Spain). Journal of Paleontology 74(2):336-348 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende] | |
| 61324 | M. Vianey-Liaud and R. Lebrun. 2013. New data about the oldest European Lagomorpha: Description of the new genus Ephemerolagus nievae gen. nov. et sp. nov. Spanish Journal of Palaeontology 28(1):3-16 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Holroyd] | |
| 61260 | M. Vianey-Liaud and B. Schmid. 2009. Diversité, datation et paléoenvironnement de la faune de mammifères oligocène de Cavalé (Quercy, SO France) : contribution de l’analyse morphométrique des Theridomyinae (Mammalia, Rodentia). Geodiversitas 31(4):909-941 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |