Aubrelong 2 (Eocene of France)

Where: Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region, France (44.3° N, 1.6° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 2.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Euzet Level zone, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

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

Environment/lithology: sinkhole; concretionary, red, yellow claystone and phosphorite

• red and yellow clays containing phosphate and calcite concretions

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: B. Geze. 1938. Contribution a la connaissance des phosphorites du Quercy. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 5(8):123-146 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 12848: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 20.12.2001, edited by Terri Cleary

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Hurzeleris quercyi3, Xiphodontherium primaevum
Xiphodontherium primaevum
probably synonymous with Amphimeryx murinus Cuvier 1822
Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus sp.
Rhinolophus sp. Lacépède 1799 horseshoe bat
mainly found in the yellow clay
 Chiroptera - Emballonuridae
? Vespertiliavus sp.
? Vespertiliavus sp. Schlosser 1877 sac-winged bat
mainly found in the yellow clay
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
"Hyaenodon vulpinus" = Hyaenodon filholi
"Hyaenodon vulpinus" = Hyaenodon filholi Schlosser 1877 creodont
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
? Paroxacron sp.3
? Paroxacron sp.3 Hürzeler 1936 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
Mouillacitherium elegans3
Mouillacitherium elegans3 Filhol 1882 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Cebochoeridae
"Cebochoerus (Gervachoerus) cf. minor n. subgen." = Gervachoerus minor3
"Cebochoerus (Gervachoerus) cf. minor n. subgen." = Gervachoerus minor3 Gervais 1876 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Amphimerycidae
Amphimeryx sp., Pseudamphimeryx renevieri3
Amphimeryx sp. Pictet 1853 even-toed ungulate
Pseudamphimeryx renevieri3 Pictet and Humbert 1869 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Xiphodontidae
Leptotheridium lugeoni3, Dichodon sp.3, Haplomeryx cf. euzetensis3
Leptotheridium lugeoni3 Stehlin 1910 even-toed ungulate
Dichodon sp.3 Owen even-toed ungulate
Haplomeryx cf. euzetensis3 Depéret 1917 even-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
"Paloplotherium minus" = Plagiolophus (Paloplotherium), Palaeotherium sp.
"Paloplotherium minus" = Plagiolophus (Paloplotherium) odd-toed ungulate
Palaeotherium sp. Cuvier 1804 odd-toed ungulate
 Primates - Adapidae
"Adapis magnus" = Leptadapis magnus
"Adapis magnus" = Leptadapis magnus Filhol 1874 primate
 Primates - Omomyidae
Necrolemur antiquus, Pseudoloris parvulus3
Necrolemur antiquus Filhol 1873 tarsier
Pseudoloris parvulus3 Filhol 1890 tarsier
Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguis sp.2, Anguini indet.2, Placosaurus sp.2
Anguis sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 slow worm
Anguini indet.2 Augé 2005 squamates
Placosaurus sp.2 Gervais 1852 squamates
about forty osteoderms
 Squamata - Necrosauridae
Necrosaurus cayluxi2
Necrosaurus cayluxi2 Filhol 1873 squamates
caudal vertebra
 Squamata - Gekkonidae
Cadurcogekko piveteaui2
Cadurcogekko piveteaui2 Hoffstetter 1946 gecko
one dentary, one vertebra
 Squamata - Iguanidae
"Pseudolacerta lamandini" = Geiseltaliellus lamandini1
"Pseudolacerta lamandini" = Geiseltaliellus lamandini1 Filhol 1877 squamates
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Plesiolacerta lydekkeri2
Plesiolacerta lydekkeri2 Hoffstetter 1942 squamates
two dorsal vertebrae
1Augé 1987; 2Augé 2005; 3Sudre 1978