Also known as Baixas'
Where: Languedoc-Roussillon Region, France (42.5° N, 2.5° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 40.3° N, 4.2° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
• Zone C, Aguilar 1982.
Environment/lithology: karst
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: USTL à Montpellier
Primary reference: J.-P. Aguilar, M. Calvet, and J. Michaux. 1986. Decouvertes de faunes de micromammiferes dans les Pyrenees-Orientales (France) de l'Oligocene superieur au Miocene superieur; especes nouvelles et reflexion sur l'etalonnage des echelles continentale et marine. [New upper Oligocene to upper Miocene faunas of micromammals found in the Pyrenees-Orientales (France); new species of rodents and remarks about the calibration of marine and continental biochronological scales.]. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Serie 2, Mecanique, Physique, Chimie, Sciences de l'Univers, Sciences de la Terre 303(8):755-760 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36889: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Robin Whatley on 18.02.2004
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Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Heteroxerus hurzeleri squirrel | |
Megacricetodon aff. roussillonensis, "Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis, ? Democricetodon brevis, Democricetodon aff. affinis
Megacricetodon aff. roussillonensis rodent written as "Megacricetodon aff. roussillonensis n. sp." See Lo Fournas 3.
"Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis Fahlbusch 1964 rodent
? Democricetodon brevis Schaub 1925 rodent
Democricetodon aff. affinis Schaub 1925 rodent | |
Microdyromys koenigswaldi de Bruijn 1966 dormouse | |
Keramidomys carpathicus Schaub and Zapfe 1953 rodent |