Rosières 2 (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 level zone, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

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

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 12854: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 20.12.2001, edited by Philip Mannion and Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Xiphodontidae
Haplomeryx zitteli4 Schlosser 1886 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Anoplotheriidae
Anoplotherium sp. Cuvier 1804 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Amphimerycidae
Amphimeryx murinus4 Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Tapirulidae
Tapirulus hyracinus Gervais 1850 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
Cainotheriidae indet.4 Cope 1881 even-toed ungulate
Oxacron courtoisi Gervais 1848 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
Dichobune leporina Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
 Primates - Adapidae
Adapis parisiensis Blainville 1841 primate
Reptilia
 Squamata - Cordylidae
Pseudolacerta sp.1 De Stefano 1903 spinytail lizard
 Squamata - Boidae
Boidae "Boidae C" Gray 1825 boa
Boidae "Boidae B" Gray 1825 boa
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Cadurciguana hoffstetteri2 Auge 1987 squamates
dorsal vertebra
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Plesiolacerta sp.2 Hoffstetter 1942 squamates
USTL ROS2 267, dorsal vertebra not attrib. to P. lydekkeri
Plesiolacerta lydekkeri2 Hoffstetter 1942 squamates
five dorsal vertebrae, one caudal vertebra
 Squamata - Gekkonidae
Cadurcogekko piveteaui2 Hoffstetter 1946 gecko
two maxillae, one vertebra
 Squamata - Amphisbaenidae
Amphisbaenidae indet.2 Gray 1865 worm lizard
four dorsal vertebrae
 Squamata - Necrosauridae
Necrosaurus sp. Filhol 1876 squamates
Necrosaurus eucarinatus2 Kuhn 1940 squamates
fragmentary left maxilla
Necrosaurus cayluxi2 Filhol 1873 squamates
 Squamata - Anguidae
Placosaurus sp.2 Gervais 1852 squamates
Anguini indet.2 Augé 2005 squamates
Anguis sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 slow worm
 Squamata -
cf. Saniwa indet.2 Leidy 1870 squamates