La Verrerie de Roches fissures (Eocene of Switzerland)

Where: Jura, Switzerland (47.3° N, 7.4° E: paleocoordinates 45.3° N, 3.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MP16 other zone, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• "In summary, the small mammals from La Verrerie de Roches fit best with the Reference Level MP16 (Fig. 5) and to the Lophiodon lautricense-Lophiotherium siderolithicum Mammal Biozone"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; limestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: chemical, mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: D. Becker, G. Rauber, and L. Scherler. 2013. New small mammal fauna of late Middle Eocene age from a fissure filling at La Verrerie de Roches (Jura, NW Switzerland). Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 32(2):433-446 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182385: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 27.10.2016, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
"Herpetotheriinae indet." = Herpetotheriidae
"Herpetotheriinae indet." = Herpetotheriidae Trouessart 1879 marsupial
Left P1 (MJSN VRR006-219); fragmentary right M4 (MJSN VRR006-209)
 Artiodactyla - Mixtotheriidae
Mixtotherium lavergnense Sudre 1977 even-toed ungulate
Right M1 (MJSN VRR006-204)
 Placentalia -
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
Left p2 (MJSN VRR006-205); right p2 (MJSN VRR006-206)
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Elfomys cf. tobieni Thaler 1966 rodent
Right p4 (MJSN VRR006-225); left broken m3 (MJSN VRR006-220)
Elfomys engesseri Hooker and Weidmann 2007 rodent
Left DP4 (MJSN VRR006-217); left P4 (MJSN VRR006-215); two right M1/2s (MJSN VRR006-226, MJSN VRR006-227); left p4 (MJSN VRR006-222)
Paradelomys ruetimeyeri Pictet and Humbert 1869 rodent
Right m1/2 (MJSN VRR006-210)
Paradelomys crusafonti Thaler 1966 rodent
Left p4 (MJSN VRR006-211); right m1/2 (MJSN VRR006-228)
 Rodentia - Pseudosciuridae
Sciuroides cf. romani Hartenberger 1973 rodent
Right DP4 (MJSN VRR006- 213); right P4 (MJSN VRR006-212); left M1/2 (MJSN VRR006-208)
 Primates - Adapidae
Adapis aff. sudrei Gingerich 1977 primate
Left p4 (MJSN VRR006-207)
 Primates - Omomyidae
Necrolemur aff. antiquus Filhol 1873 tarsier
Right i1 (MJSN VRR006-218)
Amphibia
 Salientia -
Thaumastosaurus bottii De Stefano 1903 frog
NHMB and MJSN specimens
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
Pelobatidae indet. Lataste 1879 spadefoot toad
ilium
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufonidae indet. Gray 1825 toad
two ilia