Perrière: Late/Upper Eocene, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Coraciiformes - Geranopteridae
Geranopterus milneedwardsi Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré 2000
Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré 2000
referrred USTL Montpellier and UCB Lyon specimens
Reptilia - Apodiformes - Aegialornithidae
Cypselavus gallicus Gaillard 1908
Crochet et al. 1981
Reptilia - Caprimulgiformes - Caprimulgidae
Archaeotrogon venustus Milne-Edwards 1867
Crochet et al. 1981
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguini indet. Augé 2005
Augé 2005
Helvetisaurus picteti Hoffstetter 1942
Augé 2005 2 specimens
two dorsal vertebrae
cf. Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
Crochet et al. 1981
Placosaurus sp. Gervais 1852
Crochet et al. 1981
Placosaurus quercyi Filhol 1882
Augé 2005 1 specimen
MNHN QU 17735, two frontals
    = Placosaurus estesi n. sp. Sullivan and Augé 2006
Sullivan and Augé 2006
MNHN QU-17735 (holotype), fused frontal with hexagonal osteoderms
Reptilia - Necrosauridae
Necrosaurus cayluxi Filhol 1873
Crochet et al. 1981
Reptilia - Cordylidae
Pseudolacerta sp. De Stefano 1903
Augé 1987
Reptilia - Gekkonidae
Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825
Crochet et al. 1981
Cadurcogekko piveteaui Hoffstetter 1946
Augé 2005 1 specimen
MNHN QU 17734, maxilla
Reptilia
Scolecophidia indet. Duméril and Bibron 1844
Crochet et al. 1981
Eoanilius europae Rage 1974
Crochet et al. 1981
Reptilia - Boidae
? Boidae informal Boidae C
Crochet et al. 1981
Boidae informal Boidae J
Crochet et al. 1981
Boidae informal Boidae K
Crochet et al. 1981
Boidae informal Boidae M
Crochet et al. 1981
Cadurceryx filholi Hoffstetter and Rage 1972
Crochet et al. 1981
Palaeopython cadurcensis (Filhol 1877)
Crochet et al. 1981
original and current combination Python cadurcensis
Reptilia - Tropidophiidae
Dunnophis cadurcensis Rage 1974
Crochet et al. 1981
Reptilia
Coniophis sp. Marsh 1892
Crochet et al. 1981
nomen dubium belonging to Serpentes
Reptilia - Iguanidae
Pseudolacerta lamandini Filhol 1877
Augé 1987
recombined as Geiseltaliellus lamandini
Reptilia - Amphisbaenidae
Amphisbaenidae indet. Gray 1865
Crochet et al. 1981
Reptilia - Blanidae
Blanidae indet. Kearney 2003
Augé and Brizuela 2020
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Gracilicerta sindexi Augé 2005
Augé 2005 1 specimen
MNHN Mathis coll.: one incomplete right dentary
Plesiolacerta lydekkeri (Hoffstetter 1942)
Augé 2005 3 specimens
Iguana europaea
two dorsal vertebrae, one sacral vertebra
Quercycerta maxima n. gen., n. sp. Augé 2005
Augé 2005 2 specimens
USTL PRR2004 (holotype), incomplete right dentary; other material: posterior of left maxilla
Reptilia - Teiidae
Tupinambinae indet. Presch 1974
Augé and Brizuela 2020 2 specimens
MNHN PRR 2007, incomplete maxilla; MNHN PRR 2006, trunk vertebra
Mammalia - Apatemyidae
Heterohyus nanus Teihard de Chardin 1916
Crochet et al. 1981
Heterohyus (Chardinyus) nanus.
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Hipposideridae
Palaeophyllophora quercyi Revilliod 1917
Crochet et al. 1981
Hipposideros informal sp.2 Gray 1831
Crochet et al. 1981
Hipposideros schlosseri Revilliod 1917
Crochet et al. 1981
Hipposideros morloti Pictet 1855
Crochet et al. 1981
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Necromantidae
Necromantis adichaster
Crochet et al. 1981
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
cf. Stehlinia minor
Crochet et al. 1981
Stehlinia quercyi
Crochet et al. 1981
Stehlinia gracilis Revilliod 1919
Crochet et al. 1981
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Molossidae
cf. Tadarida sp. Rafinesque 1814
Crochet et al. 1981
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Emballonuridae
Vespertiliavus wingei
Crochet et al. 1981
Vespertiliavus sp. Schlosser 1877
Crochet et al. 1981
Vespertiliavus cf. gracilis Revilliod 1920
Crochet et al. 1981
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Cynohyaenodon sp. Filhol 1873
Crochet et al. 1981
Hyaenodon brachyrhynchus
Crochet et al. 1981
Hyaenodon requieni
Crochet et al. 1981
Hyaenodon minor Lange-Badré 1979
Crochet et al. 1981
Mammalia
Quercygale angustidens (Filhol 1872)
Crochet et al. 1981
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Lophiotherium cf. cervulum Gervais 1849
Crochet et al. 1981
Palaeotherium sp. Cuvier 1804
Crochet et al. 1981
Palaeotherium magnum Cuvier 1804
Crochet et al. 1981
Plagiolophus annectens Owen 1847
Crochet et al. 1981
Mammalia - Xiphodontidae
Dichodon cervinum
Sudre 1978
Leptotheridium lugeoni Stehlin 1910
Sudre 1978
Haplomeryx euzetensis Depéret 1917
Sudre 1978
Mammalia - Anoplotheriidae
Dacrytherium ovinum (Owen 1857)
Sudre 1978
Mammalia - Amphimerycidae
Pseudamphimeryx pavloviae Stehlin 1910
Sudre 1978
Pseudamphimeryx renevieri Pictet and Humbert 1869
Sudre 1978
Mammalia - Tapirulidae
Tapirulus perrierensis Sudre 1978
Sudre 1978
Mammalia - Mixtotheriidae
Mixtotherium cuspidatum Filhol 1880
Sudre 1978
Mammalia - Dichobunidae
Mouillacitherium cf. elegans Filhol 1882
Sudre 1978
Mammalia - Cebochoeridae
Acotherulum pumilum Stehlin 1908
Sudre 1978
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
Saturninia beata Crochet 1974
Crochet et al. 1981
Saturninia gracilis Stehlin 1940
Crochet et al. 1981
cf. Saturninia intermedia Sigé 1976
Crochet et al. 1981
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Gliravus priscus Stehlin and Schaub 1951
Crochet et al. 1981
recombined as Glamys priscus
Gliravus meridionalis Hartenberger 1971
Crochet et al. 1981
recombined as Glamys meridionalis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Suevosciurus mutabilis
Crochet et al. 1981
Pseudoltinomys phosphoricus Hartenberger 1973
Crochet et al. 1981
Theridomys euzetensis
Crochet et al. 1981
Elfomys parvulus Hartenberger 1971
Crochet et al. 1981
Mammalia - Rodentia - Pseudosciuridae
Sciuroides intermedius
Crochet et al. 1981
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Pseudoloris parvulus (Filhol 1890)
Sudre 1978
original and current combination Necrolemur parvulus
Microchoerus erinaceus Wood 1844
Mammalia - Primates - Adapidae
Adapis magnus Filhol 1874
Sudre 1978
recombined as Leptadapis magnus
Mammalia
Amphiperatherium minutum Aymard 1846
Crochet et al. 1981
Peratherium perrierense
Crochet et al. 1981
Peratherium lavergnense Crochet 1979
Crochet et al. 1981
Peratherium cuvieri Fisher 1829
Crochet et al. 1981
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Urodela informal Urodela C Crochet et al. 1981
Crochet et al. 1981
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura informal Family indet. A
Crochet et al. 1981
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae
cf. Eopelobates sp. Parker 1929
Crochet et al. 1981
Enigmatosaurus bottii
Crochet et al. 1981
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
? Ranidae indet. Rafinesque 1814
Crochet et al. 1981
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Quercy
Coordinates: 44.4° North, 1.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.9° North, 2.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary - Early/Lower Tertiary *Epoch:Late/Upper Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene
Key time interval:Late/Upper Eocene
Age range of interval:37.20000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Perrière
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: European Mammal Zone ('Niveau Repère') based on rodents. Perrière level
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: phosphorite
Environment:karst indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Perrière B; Perière
Database number:12850
Authorizer:E. Fara, T. Cleary, J. Alroy, P. Barrett Enterer:E. Fara, T. Cleary, J. Alroy
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:vertebrate
Created:2001-12-20 07:40:06 Last modified:2019-04-08 21:42:53
Access level:the public Released:2001-12-20 07:40:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

12522. 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]

Secondary references:

42835% 20820M. Augé. 1987. Les Cordylidae (Reptilia, Lacertilia) de l'Eocène français. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 9(2):181-196 [E. Fara/E. Fara/J. Alroy]
59290 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]
71813 M. L. Augé and S. Brizuela. 2020. Transient presence of a teiid lizard in the European Eocene suggests transatlantic dispersal and rapid extinction. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments [T. Cleary/T. Cleary]
7272 J.-Y. Crochet, J.-L. Hartenberger, J.-C. Rage, J.A. Remy, B. Sige, J. Sudre, and M. Vianey-Liaud. 1981. Les nouvelles faunes de vertebres anterieurs a la "Grande Coupure" decouvertes dans les phosphorites du Quercy. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 3(3):245-266 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara]
28401 G. Mayr and C. Mourer-Chauviré. 2000. Rollers (Aves: Coraciiformes s.s.) from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Germany) and the Upper Eocene of the Quercy (France). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3):533-546 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
85175% 7400J. Sudre. 1978. Les artiodactyles de l'Eocene moyen et superieur d'Europe occidentale; systematique et evolution. Memoires et Travaux de l'Institut de Montpellier de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes 7:1-229 [E. Fara/E. Fara/M. Uhen]
60409 R. M. Sullivan and M. Augé. 2006. Redescription of the holotype of Placosaurus rugosus gervais 1848–1852 (Squamata, Anguidae, Glyptosaurinae) from the Eocene of France and a revision of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(1):127-132 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary]