Sindou D (Eocene of France)

Where: Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region, France (44.3° N, 1.7° E: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 1.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Escamps zone, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• European Mammal Zone ('Niveau Repère') based on rodents

Environment/lithology: karst; phosphorite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

• Amphidozotherium cayluxi and Saturninia gracilis specimens are in the MNHN collections.

Primary reference: J.-Y. Crochet, J.-L. Hartenberger, J.-C. Rage, J.A. Remy, B. Sige, J. Sudre, and M. Vianey-Liaud. 1981. Les nouvelles faunes de vertebres anterieurs a la "Grande Coupure" decouvertes dans les phosphorites du Quercy. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 3(3):245-266 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 12843: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 20.12.2001, edited by Robin Whatley and Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia -
 Salientia - Ranidae
? Ranidae indet. Rafinesque 1814 frog
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
cf. Eopelobates sp. Parker 1929 spadefoot toad
Enigmatosaurus bottii spadefoot toad
 Caudata - Urodela
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Gliridae
"Gliravus priscus" = Glamys priscus
"Gliravus priscus" = Glamys priscus Stehlin and Schaub 1951 dormouse
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Patriotheridomys altus Vianey-Liaud 1974 rodent
Theridomys "sp.3" Jourdan 1837 rodent
 Rodentia - Pseudosciuridae
Sciuroides sp. Major 1873 rodent
 Primates - Adapidae
Adapis parisiensis5 Blainville 1841 primate
 Theriamorpha -
Amphidozotherium cayluxi4 Filhol 1877 placental
 Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Saturninia gracilis4 Stehlin 1940 placental
 Chiroptera - Hipposideridae
cf. Palaeophyllophora quercyi Revilliod 1917 leaf-nosed bat
cf. Hipposideros morloti Pictet 1855 roundleaf bat
Hipposideros schlosseri Revilliod 1917 roundleaf bat
 Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus cf. priscus Revilliod 1920 horseshoe bat
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
cf. Plagiolophus minor Cuvier 1804 odd-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
Dichobune leporina5 Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
Oxacron courtoisi5 Gervais 1848 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Amphimerycidae
Amphimeryx murinus5 Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Xiphodontidae
Haplomeryx zitteli5 Schlosser 1886 even-toed ungulate
Xiphodon gracile5 Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Anoplotheriidae
Anoplotherium sp.5 Cuvier 1804 even-toed ungulate
? Dacrytherium saturninii5 even-toed ungulate
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
cf. Cynodictis lacustris Gervais 1852 bear-dog
Cynodictis lacustris neboulensis
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Peratherium cuvieri Fisher 1829 marsupial
Amphiperatherium lamandini Filhol 1876 marsupial
Amphiperatherium minutum Aymard 1846 marsupial
Amphiperatherium ambiguum Filhol 1877 marsupial
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
? Ergilemys sp. Ckhikvadze 1972 turtle
 Squamata - Tropidophiidae
Dunnophis cadurcensis Rage 1974 dwarf boa
 Squamata - Boidae
Boidae "Boidae K" Gray 1825 boa
Boidae "Boidae L" Gray 1825 boa
Palaeopython cadurcensis Filhol 1877 boa
Cadurcoboa insolita Rage 1978 boa
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Gracilicerta sindexi n. gen. n. sp.2 Augé 2005 squamates
USTL SND 623 (holotype), right dentary; additional incomplete right dentary in MNHN Mathis coll.
Plesiolacerta cf. lydekkeri Hoffstetter 1942 squamates
 Squamata - Scincidae
Ayalasaurus tenuis2, "Cadurcogekko rugosus n. sp." = Gekkomimus rugosus2
Ayalasaurus tenuis2 Augé 2005 skink
?one premaxilla
"Cadurcogekko rugosus n. sp." = Gekkomimus rugosus2 Augé 2005 skink
MNHN No. SND 622 (holotype), left dentary. Partial left dentary no longer listed, as was re-identified as Cadurciguana hoffstetteri by ref. 59435. Other material listed in Auge 2005 reassigned to C. verus.
 Squamata - Cordylidae
Pseudolacerta sp.1 De Stefano 1903 spinytail lizard
Pseudolacerta quercyini2 Augé 2005 spinytail lizard
incomplete right dentary
Pseudolacerta mucronata1 Filhol 1877 spinytail lizard
 Squamata - Gekkonidae
Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825 gecko
Cadurcogekko verus3 Bolet et al. 2015 gecko
USTL SND 2016, frontal; SND 626 and 627, two dorsal vertebrae. Previously referred to C. rugosus.
Cadurcogekko piveteaui2 Hoffstetter 1946 gecko
two vertebrae
 Squamata - Amphisbaenidae
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Geiseltaliellus lamandini2 Filhol 1877 squamates
incomplete right dentary; incomplete right maxilla(?); one premaxilla
Cadurciguana hoffstetteri2 Auge 1987 squamates
two dorsal vertebrae; one caudal vertebra, Additional specimen re-identified and moved from "C. rugosus" (Ref. 59435): USTL SND 625 (no ID no. in Auge 2005), partial left dentary
 Squamata - Anguidae
cf. Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard
Anguini indet.2 Augé 2005 squamates
Placosaurus sp. Gervais 1852 squamates
 Squamata - Necrosauridae
Necrosaurus cayluxi Filhol 1873 squamates