Domérat: MP 18 - MP 19, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Diplocynodon elavericus n. sp. Martin 2010
Martin 2010
Rhinopolis B3 - type (an almost complete skull with mandibular fragments and some osteoderms)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Plagiolophus minor Cuvier 1804
DOM 20, 39, 40, 87, 98, 121, 123, 124
Palaeotherium sp. Cuvier 1804
DOM 42, 43, 60, 106, 122
Palaeotherium magnum Cuvier 1804
DOM 5-7, 11, 100
Mammalia - Xiphodontidae
Xiphodon gracile Cuvier 1822
DOM 48
Mammalia - Anoplotheriidae
Anoplotherium commune Cuvier 1804
DOM 4, 23, 44, 61, 99, 125-128
Mammalia - Amphimerycidae
Amphimeryx cf. murinus Cuvier 1822
DOM 56
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Allier
Coordinates: 46.4° North, 2.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.9° North, 1.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:MP 18 - MP 19 Mammal zone: MP 18-19
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Ludian, Middle Priabonian, Late Eocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:green claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Dark green clay
Environment:"channel"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Montlucon–Domérat basin
Database number:143459
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-04-23 21:07:14 Last modified:2016-12-15 11:51:37
Access level:the public Released:2013-04-23 21:07:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

61227. J.-L. Meloux, J. A. Remy, J. Sudre, M. Turland, and M. Vianey-Liaud. 1996. Découverte d’une faune à Palaeotherium et Anoplotherium dans le bassin tertiaire de Domérat (Allier). Géologie de la France 2:69-78 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

46474 J. E. Martin. 2010. A new species of Diplocynodon (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea) from the Late Eocene of the Massif Central, France, and the evolution of the genus in the climatic context of the Late Palaeogene. Geological Magazine 147(4):596-610 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]