Rouzilhac (Eocene to of France)

Where: Occitanie, France (43.3° N, 2.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.3° N, 0.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MP10-11 mammal zone, Molasse de Carcassonne Formation, Ypresian to Ypresian (56.0 - 41.3 Ma)

• Age considered late Ypresian or early Lutetian based on mammalian biostratigraphy. Fossil bearing unit at base of local series of beds called "Grès d'Issel"

Environment/lithology: coarse channel fill; sandstone and siltstone

• "mélange de sable grossier, silt, stromatholithes dans le chenal contenant les fossiles

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Godinot, H.-P. Labarrère, J. Erfurt, J. L. Franzen, B. Lange-Badre, F. Lapparent Broin, and D. Vidalenc. 2018. Un nouveau gisement à vertébrés éocènes, Rouzilhac (MP 10-11), dans la série molassique d’Issel (Aude, France). Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 37:141-333 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 195457: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 09.08.2018, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Ailuravus cf. michauxi Hartenberger 1975 rodent
 Primates - Notharctidae
Europolemur midiensis n. sp. Godinot et al. 2018 primate
Rouzilemur pulcher n. sp. Godinot et al. 2018 primate
 Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
Hyrachyus stehlini odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae
Lophiodon aff. eygalayense Labarrère and Montenat 2011 odd-toed ungulate
78 measurements provided for dental specimens; postcrania not counted
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Pachynolophus livinierensis Savage et al. 1965 odd-toed ungulate
"Propachynolophus gaudryi" = Propalaeotherium gaudryi Lemoine 1878 odd-toed ungulate
cf. Lophiotherium sp. Marsh 1871 odd-toed ungulate
Propachynolophus maldani Remy 2017 odd-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Choeropotamidae
Lophiobunodon hookeri n. sp. Godinot et al. 2018 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
Protodichobune hellmundi n. sp. Godinot et al. 2018 even-toed ungulate
Aumelasia sudrei n. sp. Godinot et al. 2018 even-toed ungulate
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Oxyaenoides bicuspidens Matthes 1967 creodont
Leonhardtina meridianum Solé et al. 2020 creodont
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
cf. Hummelemys sp. Hervet 2004 turtle
 Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Allaeochelys rouzilhacensis n. sp. Godinot et al. 2018 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
"cf. Trionyx michauxi" = Trionyx silvestris
"cf. Trionyx michauxi" = Trionyx silvestris Walker and Moody 1974 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Podocnemididae
Neochelys sp. Bergounioux 1954 sideneck turtle
 Loricata -
 Crocodylia -
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia, Diplocynodon sp.
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia Owen 1842 crocodilian
Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847 crocodilian
"12 to 15 specimens"
 Loricata -
Pristichampsus rollinati Gray 1831 crocodilian