Murs: MP 23, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Aelurictis sp.
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
"Crocodilién"
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Plagiolophus (Plagiolophus) huerzeleri n. sp. Remy 2000
Mammalia - Entelodontidae
Entelodon sp. Aymard 1846
Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracotherium sp. Cuvier 1822
Mammalia - Lophiomerycidae
Lophiomeryx chalaniati Pomel 1853
Mammalia - Rodentia
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821
Mammalia - Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Blainvillimys helmeri (Vianey-Liaud 1972)
original and current combination Theridomys helmeri
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Provence-Alpes-Côte d?Azur County:Vaucluse
Coordinates: 44.0° North, 5.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.3° North, 2.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:MP 23
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: all of the material is from one bed about 2 m from the surface and with an excavation surface of a few meters squared discovered while digging a well
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: "grés"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:73965
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-07-15 15:34:29 Last modified:2007-10-26 22:06:05
Access level:the public Released:2007-07-15 15:34:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

24833. J. A. Remy. 2000. Plagiolophus huerzeleri, une nouvelle espèce de Palaeotheriidae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) d'Oligocène inférieur (Rupélien, MP 23) à Murs (Vaucluse, France). Geobios 33(4):489-503 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]