Belgarric: MP 25, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Dopasia roqueprunensis
Auge 1992
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Augé 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Ophisaurus roqueprunensis | ||||||||||
| incomplete left dentary | ||||||||||
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Anguini indet.
Augé 2005
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Augé 2005 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Amphisbaenidae indet.
(Gray 1865)
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Augé 2005 | 32 specimens | ||||||||
| about thirty vertebrae, plus a left and right dentary | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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Pseudeumeces cadurcensis
Filhol 1877
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Auge and Hervet 2009 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| USTL, BEL 1510, fragment of mandible; USTL, BEL 1511, dorsal vertebra? | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Tropidophiidae
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Platyspondylia sp.
Rage 1974
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Szyndlar and Rage 2003 | 65 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
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Peratherium elegans
Aymard 1846
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Crochet 1995 | |||||||||
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Amphiperatherium minutum
Aymard 1846
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Crochet 1995 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lophiomerycidae
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Lophiomeryx chalaniati
Pomel 1853
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Blondel 1997 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Stenoplesictis cayluxi
Filhol 1880
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Peigné and de Bonis 1999 | |||||||||
| P-BEL 3 | ||||||||||
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Mustelictis cf. robustus
(Filhol 1915)
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de Bonis and Cirot 1995 | |||||||||
| P-BEL 2 | ||||||||||
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= Pseudobassaris riggsi
Pohle 1917
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Wolsan and Lange-Badré 1996 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Neurogymnurus cayluxi
Filhol 1877
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Crochet 1995 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Theridomyidae
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Theridomys ludensis
Vianey-Liaud 1985
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Vianey-Liaud 1985 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
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Eomys minor n. sp.
Comte and Vianey-Liaud 1987
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Aplodontidae
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Sciurodon cadurcensis
Schlosser 1884
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Schmidt-Kittler and Vianey-Liaud 1979 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Quercy |
| Coordinates: | 44.3° North, 1.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.8° North, 1.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 | ||
| Key time interval: | MP 25 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Oligocene "moyen". "The reference levels mark with mammals used for the biochronology in this work (MP) are those defined by the Mainz Conference (February 1987)." | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: U.S.T.L. Montpellier II. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Belgarric is the type locality for Eomys minus. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Quercy | ||
| Database number: | 36717 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Barrett, P. Mannion, J. Head, L. van den Hoek Ostende | Enterer: | R. Whatley, T. Cleary, P. Mannion, L. van den Hoek Ostende, J. Head |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-02-10 19:23:15 | Last modified: | 2007-08-12 23:11:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-02-10 19:23:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9830. | 5% 17580 | B. Comte and M. Vianey-Liaud. 1989. Eomyidae (Rodentia) de l'Oligocene d'Europe Occidentale. [Eomyidae (Rodentia) from the Oligocene of Western Europe.]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 209(1-4):33-91 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/J. Alroy] |
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] | |
| 59247 | M. L. Auge and S. Hervet. 2009. Fossil lizards from the locality of Gannat (late Oligocene–early Miocene, France) and a revision of the genus Pseudeumeces (Squamata, Lacertidae). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 89:191-201 [P. Barrett/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] | |
| 19601 | J.-Y. Crochet. 1995. Le Garouillas et les sites contemporains (Oligocene, MP 25) des phosphorites du Quercy (Lot, Tarn-et garonne, France) et leurs faunes de vertebres. 4. Marsupiaux et insectivores. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 236(1-6):39-75 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende] | |
| 61223 | L. de Bonis and E. Cirot. 1995. Le Garouillas et les sites contemporains (Oligocène, MP 25) des phosphorites du Quercy (Lot, Tarn-et-Garonne, France) et leurs faunes de vertébrés. 7. Carnivores. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 236(1-6):135-149 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 61217 | S. Peigné and L. de Bonis. 1999. The genus Stenoplesictis Filhol (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Oligocene deposits of the Phosphorites of Quercy, France. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):566-575 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 61489 | N. Schmidt-Kittler and M. Vianey-Liaud. 1979. Evolution des Aplodontidae Oligocènes Européens. Palaeovertebrata 9(2):33-82 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 16853 | Z. Szyndlar and J.-C. Rage. 2003. Non-erycine Booidea from the Oligocene and Miocene of Europe. 1-109 [J. Head/J. Head] | |
| 61443 | M. Vianey-Liaud. 1985. Nouvelle quantification de l'Hypsodontie chez les Theridomyidae : l'exemple de Theridomys ludensis nov. sp. Palaeovertebrata 15(3):159-172 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 61567 | M. Wolsan and B. Lange-Badré. 1996. An arctomorph carnivoran skull from the Phosphorites du Quercy and the origin of procyonids. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 41(3):277-298 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |