PBDB Collection

Mas de Got (unknown horizon) (Oligocene of France)

Also known as Quercy Phosphorites

Where: Quercy, France (44.5° N, 1.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 1.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: MP 22 mammal zone, MP 22 (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• Mas de Got is of Early Oligocene age, Villebramar level.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; phosphorite

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J.-C. Rage. 1988. The oldest known colubrid snakes. The state of the art. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 31(13):457-474 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 181092: authorized by Paul Barrett, entered by Terri Cleary on 19.08.2016, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Squamata - Colubridae	Natrix mlynarskii Natrix mlynarskii Rage 1988 water snake USTL MGT 3508, one anterior trunk vertebra
Mammalia
Rodentia - Theridomyidae	Sciuromys cayluxi⁶, Theridomys varians⁵, Blainvillimys gregarius⁶ Sciuromys cayluxi⁶ Schlosser 1884 rodent Theridomys varians⁵ Thaler 1969 rodent Blainvillimys gregarius⁶ Schlosser 1884 rodent
Rodentia - Aplodontidae	Plesispermophilus angustidens⁶ Plesispermophilus angustidens⁶ Filhol 1882 mountain beaver
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Atavocricetodon sp.⁶, Eucricetodon aff. huberi⁵ Atavocricetodon sp.⁶ Freudenthal 1996 mouse Atavocricetodon ? atavus/atavoides Eucricetodon aff. huberi⁵ Schaub 1925 mouse
Rodentia - Gliridae	"Butseloglis micio" = Schizogliravus micio⁶, Glamys priscus⁶, Gliravus aff. majori⁵ "Butseloglis micio" = Schizogliravus micio⁶ Misonne 1957 dormouse Glamys priscus⁶ Stehlin and Schaub 1951 dormouse Gliravus aff. majori⁵ Stehlin and Schaub 1951 dormouse
Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae	Hyaenodon leptorhynchus³ Hyaenodon leptorhynchus³ Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont
Carnivora -	Mustelictis olivieri n. sp.² Mustelictis olivieri n. sp.² de Bonis 1997 carnivoran FSP-MGB 60 - type; hypodigm: MGB 7-9 and 44-46
Artiodactyla - Lophiomerycidae	Lophiomeryx mouchelini¹ Lophiomeryx mouchelini¹ Brunet and Sudre 1987 ruminant
Artiodactyla - Gelocidae	Pseudogelocus cf. scotti¹ Pseudogelocus cf. scotti¹ ruminant
Artiodactyla - Tragulidae	Cryptomeryx matsoui n. sp.⁴ Cryptomeryx matsoui n. sp.⁴ Sudre 1984 chevrotain USTL MGB 1182 - type

¹Blondel 1997; ²de Bonis 1997; ³Peigné et al. 2014; ⁴Sudre 1984; ⁵Vianey-Liaud 1969; ⁶Vianey-Liaud and Schmid 2009