Baraval (Oligocene of France)

Also known as Quercy Phosphorites

Where: France (44.4° N, 1.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 1.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 22 mammal zone, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; phosphorite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: B. Sigé, M. Hugueney, J.-Y. Crochet, S. Legendre, C. Mourer-Chauviré, J.-C. Rage, and R. Simon-Coinçon. 1998. Baraval, nouvelle faune de l’Oligocène inférieur de l’Oligocène inférieur (MP 22) des Phosphorites du Quercy. Apport à la signification chronologique des remplissages karstiques. Bulletin de la Société d’Histoire naturelle de Toulouse 134:85-90 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183381: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 15.12.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
Pelobatidae indet. Lataste 1879 spadefoot toad
Aves
 Galliformes -
Paraortyx lorteti Gaillard 1908 fowl
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Coluber cadurci Rage 1974 racer
 Squamata -
Eoanilius aff. oligocenicus Szyndlar 1994 snake
 Squamata - Boidae
Boidae indet. Gray 1825 boa
 Squamata - Tropidophiidae
Platyspondylia sp. Rage 1974 dwarf boa
 Squamata -
Amphisbaenia indet. Gray 1844 worm lizard
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacerta filholi Augé 1988 squamates
 Squamata -
 Squamata - Necrosauridae
? Necrosaurus sp. Filhol 1876 squamates
 Squamata - Helodermatidae
? Helodermatidae indet. Gray 1837 squamates
 Squamata - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard
 Squamata - Gekkonidae
? Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825 gecko
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Hipposideridae
Palaeophyllophora quercyi Revilliod 1917 leaf-nosed bat
"Pseudorhinolophus schlosseri" = Hipposideros schlosseri Revilliod 1917 roundleaf bat
Vaylatsia cf. prisca Revilliod 1920 leaf-nosed bat
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Stehlinia minor vesper bat
Stehlinia sp. Revilliod 1919 vesper bat
 Chiroptera - Emballonuridae
Vespertiliavus cf. gracilis Revilliod 1920 sac-winged bat
 Placentalia -
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
Cainotheriidae "sp. 1" Cope 1881 even-toed ungulate
cf. Caenomeryx procommunis Filhol 1877 even-toed ungulate
cf. Plesiomeryx cadurcensis Gervais 1873 even-toed ungulate
 Placentalia -
"Ungulata indet." = Euungulata
"Ungulata indet." = Euungulata Waddell et al. 2001 placental
 Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Saturninia "sp. 1" Stehlin 1940 placental
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eucricetodon atavoides Freudenthal 1996 mouse
? Eucricetodon nanoides Freudenthal 1996 mouse
Atavocricetodon sp. Freudenthal 1996 mouse
Atavocricetodon aff. nanus/nanoides
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Pseudoltinomys major Vianey-Liaud 1976 rodent
Issiodoromys medius Vianey-Liaud 1976 rodent
Blainvillimys gregarius Schlosser 1884 rodent
Blainvillimys gemellus Vianey-Liaud 1989 rodent
 Rodentia - Gliridae
"Butseloglis micio" = Schizogliravus micio, "Gliravus itardiensis" = Schizogliravus micio, Glamys priscus
"Butseloglis micio" = Schizogliravus micio Misonne 1957 dormouse
"Gliravus itardiensis" = Schizogliravus micio Misonne 1957 dormouse
Glamys priscus Stehlin and Schaub 1951 dormouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
cf. Heteroxerus sp. Stehlin and Schaub 1951 squirrel
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Peratherium elegans Aymard 1846 marsupial
Amphiperatherium minutum Aymard 1846 marsupial