Lavergne (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: MP 16 mammal zone, Perriere Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• MP 16, Perriere level

Environment/lithology: karst; phosphorite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: P. Louis and J. Sudre. 1975. Nouvelles donnees sur les primates de l'Eocene superieur europeen. Colloque international CNRS, Problemes actuels de paleontologie - evolution des vertebres (218)805-828 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31745: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 24.05.2003, edited by Terri Cleary and Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• incomplete
Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Placosaurus sp.1 Gervais 1852 squamates
USTL LAV 1256, incomplete palatine; USTL LAV 1257, axis; twenty dorsal vertebrae; fifty osteoderms
Placosaurus rugosus1 Gervais 1852 squamates
USTL LAV 1255, a parietal
 Squamata - Necrosauridae
Necrosaurus cayluxi1 Filhol 1873 squamates
three incomplete dentaries, number of dorsal and caudal vertebrae
 Squamata - Gekkonidae
Cadurcogekko piveteaui1 Hoffstetter 1946 gecko
three vertebrae
 Squamata -
"Placosaurus quercyi" = Paraplacosauriops quercyi1
"Placosaurus quercyi" = Paraplacosauriops quercyi1 Filhol 1882 squamates
MNHN (coll. Mathis), two fragments of dentaries, one maxilla fragment, jaw fragment
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Plesiolacerta lydekkeri1 Hoffstetter 1942 squamates
caudal vertebra
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Metanchilophus gaudini3 Pictet and Humbert 1869 odd-toed ungulate
Plagiolophus annectens3 Owen 1847 odd-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Xiphodontidae
Leptotheridium cf. lugeoni4 Stehlin 1910 even-toed ungulate
Haplomeryx cf. picteti4 Stehlin 1910 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Anoplotheriidae
Dacrytherium sp.4 Filhol even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Amphimerycidae
Pseudamphimeryx renevieri4 Pictet and Humbert 1869 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Robiacinidae
Robiacina lavergnei4 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Tapirulidae
Tapirulus perrierensis n. sp.4 Sudre 1978 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
Dichobune sigei n. sp.4 Sudre 1978 even-toed ungulate
Mouillacitherium cf. elegans4 Filhol 1882 even-toed ungulate
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Pseudoltinomys cf. phosphoricus2 Hartenberger 1973 rodent
 Primates - Omomyidae
Pseudoloris parvulus4 Filhol 1890 tarsier
Necrolemur antiquus Filhol 1873 tarsier