Mas de Got B (Oligocene of France)

Also known as Quercy Phosphorites

Where: Quercy, France (44.5° N, 1.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 1.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: MP 22 mammal zone, MP 22 (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• Mas de Got is of Early Oligocene age, Villebramar level.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; phosphorite

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. L. Augé. 2005. Evolution des lézards du Paléogène en Europe. Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 192:1-369 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary/T. Cleary]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179140: authorized by Paul Barrett, entered by Terri Cleary on 02.06.2016, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Palaeogalidae
Palaeogale sectoria2
Palaeogale sectoria2 Gervais 1848 carnivoran
 Carnivora - Nimravidae
Nimravus intermedius2
Nimravus intermedius2 Filhol 1872 false sabre-tooth
FSP-MGB 11
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Pachycynodon "sp. 1"1, Cephalogale sp.1
Pachycynodon "sp. 1"1 Schlosser 1887 bear
UP MGB9
Cephalogale sp.1 Jourdan 1862 bear
UP MGB26
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Palaeosciurus goti n. sp.3
Palaeosciurus goti n. sp.3 Vianey-Liaud 1974 squirrel
MGB1 - type
Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguini indet.
Anguini indet. Augé 2005 squamates
 Squamata - Necrosauridae
Necrosaurus sp.
Necrosaurus sp. Filhol 1876 squamates
USTL MGB 501, ?a pelvis
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacerta filholi
Lacerta filholi Augé 1988 squamates
two fragmentary right dentaries
 Squamata -
Uromastyx europaeus
Uromastyx europaeus Moody 1980 spiny-tailed lizard
incomplete dentary
 Squamata - Gekkonidae
Gekkonidae indet.
Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825 gecko
incomplete left dentary
1de Bonis et al. 2019; 2Peigné et al. 2014; 3Vianey-Liaud and Schmid 2009