PBDB Collection

Gousnat (Eocene of France)

Where: Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region, France (44.4° N, 1.7° E: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 1.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: La Débruge other zone, MP 18 (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

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

•MP 18 according to Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré 2000

Environment/lithology: karst; phosphorite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: L. de Bonis, J.-Y. Crochet, J. C. Rage, B. Sige, J. Sudre and M. Vianey-Liaud. 1973. Nouvelles faunes de vertebres oligocenes des phosphorites du Quercy. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (174)105-113 [E. Fara/E. Fara/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 12851: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 20.12.2001, edited by John Alroy, Philip Mannion and Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
Coraciiformes - Geranopteridae	Geranopterus alatus⁴ Geranopterus alatus⁴ Milne-Edwards 1892 bird
Reptilia
Squamata - Lacertidae	Plesiolacerta lydekkeri² Plesiolacerta lydekkeri² Hoffstetter 1942 squamates dorsal vertebra
Squamata - Necrosauridae	Necrosaurus cayluxi² Necrosaurus cayluxi² Filhol 1873 squamates five caudal vertebrae, three dorsal
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 four dorsal vertebrae, around twenty osteoderms
Squamata - Iguanidae	"Pseudolacerta lamandini" = Geiseltaliellus lamandini¹ "Pseudolacerta lamandini" = Geiseltaliellus lamandini¹ Filhol 1877 squamates
Squamata - Gekkonidae	Cadurcogekko piveteaui² Cadurcogekko piveteaui² Hoffstetter 1946 gecko two dentaries
Mammalia
Theriamorpha - Pseudorhyncocyonidae	Leptictidium storchi³ Leptictidium storchi³ Hooker 2013 eutherian USTL.GOU-38 (LM1/2)
Chiroptera - Hipposideridae	Hipposideridae indet., Hipposideros cf. morloti Hipposideridae indet. Lydekker 1891 leaf-nosed bat Hipposideros cf. morloti Pictet 1855 roundleaf bat
Artiodactyla - Cebochoeridae	Acotherulum (Acotherulum) pumilum⁵ Acotherulum (Acotherulum) pumilum⁵ Stehlin 1908 even-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Amphimerycidae	Pseudamphimeryx renevieri⁵ Pseudamphimeryx renevieri⁵ Pictet and Humbert 1869 even-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Anoplotheriidae	Dacrytherium cf. saturninii⁵ Dacrytherium cf. saturninii⁵ even-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Xiphodontidae	Haplomeryx cf. picteti⁵, Dichodon sp.⁵ Haplomeryx cf. picteti⁵ Stehlin 1910 even-toed ungulate Dichodon sp.⁵ Owen even-toed ungulate
Rodentia - Theridomyidae	Theridomyidae "nov. gen. nov. sp1.", Microsuevosciurus sp., Paradelomys sp., Pseudoltinomys aff. phosphoricus, Elfomys aff. parvulus, Theridomys "sp.1" Theridomyidae "nov. gen. nov. sp1." Alston 1876 rodent Microsuevosciurus sp. Hartenberger 1973 rodent Paradelomys sp. Thaler 1966 rodent Pseudoltinomys aff. phosphoricus Hartenberger 1973 rodent Elfomys aff. parvulus Hartenberger 1971 rodent Theridomys "sp.1" Jourdan 1837 rodent
Primates - Adapidae	"Adapis magnus" = Leptadapis magnus⁵ "Adapis magnus" = Leptadapis magnus⁵ Filhol 1874 primate
Primates - Omomyidae	Necrolemur antiquus⁵, Pseudoloris parvulus⁵ Necrolemur antiquus⁵ Filhol 1873 tarsier Pseudoloris parvulus⁵ Filhol 1890 tarsier

¹Augé 1987; ²Augé 2005; ³Hooker 2013; ⁴Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré 2000; ⁵Sudre 1978