Robiac-Nord: Bartonian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Dactylius robiacensis
Sudre 1969
Ischyrostoma formosum
Sudre 1969
Glandina costellata
Sudre 1969
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae
cf. Enigmatosaurus sp. Nopcsa 1926
Sudre 1969
Reptilia
Pristichampsus cf. rollinati (Gray 1831)
Sudre 1969
    = Iberosuchus sp. Antunes 1975
Martin 2016
RBN 201,2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2026, 2816
Amphisbaenidae indet. (Gray 1865)
Augé 2005 2 specimens
two dentaries
Omoiotyphlops sp. de Rochebrune 1884
Sudre 1969
synonym of Blanus
Reptilia - Anguidae
Placosaurus sp. Gervais 1852
Augé 2005 1 specimen
hexagonal osteoderm
Reptilia
Saniwa indet. Leidy 1870
Augé 2005 1 specimen
dorsal vertebra
Reptilia - Helodermatidae
Helodermatidae indet. Gray 1837
Augé 2005 1 specimen
?one dorsal vertebra
Reptilia - Necrosauridae
Necrosaurus sp. Filhol 1876
Augé 2005 1 specimen
incomplete caudal (MNHN)
Reptilia - Aniliidae
Aniliidae indet. Fitzinger 1826
Sudre 1969
Reptilia - Boidae
cf. Palaeopython cadurcensis (Filhol 1877)
Sudre 1969
original and current combination Python cadurcensis
Erycinae indet. Bonaparte 1825
Sudre 1969
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudinoidea indet. Gray 1825
Hervet 2004
UCB-L1 90002 and 90003 Aquatic Testudinoidea indeterminate within the "Palaeochelys s.l. - Mauremys" group
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
? Hadrianus sp. Cope 1872
Broin 1977
    = Pelorochelon cf. eocaenica Hummel 1935
Pérez-García et al. 2016
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Plesiarctomys sp. Bravard 1848
Sudre 1969
    = Plesiarctomys huerzeleri n. sp. Wood 1970
Comte et al. 2012
Ailuravinae indet. Michaux 1968
Sudre 1969
Mammalia - Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Paradelomys tobieni
Sudre 1969
Paradelomys crusafonti Thaler 1966
Comte et al. 2012
Remys sp. Thaler 1966
Sudre 1969
Suevosciurus informal I
Sudre 1969
Suevosciurus informal II
Sudre 1969
? Pseudoltinomys sp. Lavocat 1951
Sudre 1969
Mammalia - Rodentia - Pseudosciuridae
Adelomyinae informal gen. indet. I
Sudre 1969
Adelomyinae informal gen. indet. II
Sudre 1969
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Gliravus robiacensis Hartenberger 1965
Sudre 1969
recombined as Glamys robiacensis
Mammalia - Primates - Adapidae
Adapis sudrei n. sp. Gingerich 1977
Sudre 1978 50 specimens
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Necrolemur antiquus Filhol 1873
50 specimens
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
Saturninia informal sp. 1 Stehlin 1940
Sudre 1969
Saturninia informal sp. 2 Stehlin 1940
Sudre 1969
Mammalia - Robiacinidae
Robiacina minuta n. gen., n. sp. Sudre 1969
Pawson 1966 40 specimens
Mammalia - Cebochoeridae
Cebochoerus robiacensis Deperet 1917
Sudre 1969
Cebochoerus (Gervachoerus) campichii Pictet 1855
Sudre 1978 14 specimens
recombined as Acotherulum campichii
Mammalia - Dichobunidae
Mouillacitherium cf. elegans Filhol 1882
Sudre 1978 2 specimens
Mammalia - Amphimerycidae
Pseudamphimeryx renevieri Pictet and Humbert 1869
Sudre 1978 1 specimen
Mammalia - Xiphodontidae
Haplomeryx cf. picteti Stehlin 1910
Sudre 1978 4 specimens
Leptotheridium cf. traguloides Stehlin 1910
Sudre 1978 1 specimen
Paraxiphodon cournovense n. gen., n. sp.
Sudre 1978 1 specimen
Xiphodon castrense Kowalevsky 1873
Sudre 1978 60 specimens
corrected as Xiphodon castrensis
Mammalia - Anoplotheriidae
Catodontherium robiacense
Sudre 1978 37 specimens
Mammalia - Tapirulidae
Tapirulus aff. schlosseri Stehlin 1910
Sudre 1978 1 specimen
Mammalia - Choeropotamidae
Choeropotamus lautricensis
Sudre 1978 3 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae
Lophiodon lautricense Noulet 1851
Sudre 1969
RbN-3344
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
Chasmotherium cartieri
Sudre 1969
synonym of Hyrachyus
Chasmotherium depereti Remy 2015
Remy 2015
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Pachynolophus sp. Pomel 1847
Sudre 1969
Pachynolophus gaytei n. sp. Remy 2015
Remy 2015
UM RbN-5677 and 5506 - syntypes
Anchilophus cf. gaudini Pictet and Humbert 1869
Sudre 1969
    = Metanchilophus gaudini Pictet and Humbert 1869
Remy 2015
Metanchilophus chaubeti Remy 2012
Remy 2015
UM RbN-5859
Metanchilophus castrensis Remy 2012
Remy 2015
UM RbN-5452
Lophiotherium robiacense n. sp. Deperet 1917
Sudre 1969
FSL 5182 - type; referred material: UM RbN-369Co
Lophiotherium cf. siderolithicum (Pictet 1857)
Remy 2015
UM RbN-5905
Anchilophus cf. desmaresti Gervais 1852
Sudre 1969
    = Anchilophus jeanteti Remy 2012
Remy 2015
recombined as Anchilophus (Paranchilophus) jeanteti
UM RbN-5815
Eurohippus parvulus (Laurillard 1849)
Remy 2015
original and current combination Lophiodon parvulum
UM RbN-5681
Leptolophus stehlini n. gen., n. sp. Remy 1965
Sudre 1969
Leptolophus magnus n. sp. Remy 1998
Remy 2015
NMB Rb-312 - type; referred material: UM RbN-5694
Plagiolophus annectens Owen 1847
Remy 2015
UM RbN-5636
Plagiolophus mamertensis n. sp. Remy 2004
Remy 2015
FSL 5214 - type
Palaeotherium siderolithicum Pictet and Humbert 1869
Remy 2015
UM RbN-5673
Palaeotherium duvali Pomel 1853
Sudre 1969
Palaeotherium pomeli Franzen 1968
Remy 2015
RbN-5741
Palaeotherium castrense n. sp. Noulet 1863
Sudre 1969
Palaeotherium lautricense Stehlin 1904
Remy 2015
UM RbN-5956,
Palaeotherium aff. ruetimeyeri Franzen 1968
Remy 2015
UM RbN-5748
Mammalia
Quercygale angustidens (Filhol 1872)
Sudre 1969
Mammalia - Carnivora - Miacidae
Simamphicyon helveticus Pictet and Humbert 1869
Sudre 1969
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae
Gesneropithex sp. Hürzeler 1946
Sudre 1978 1 specimen
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Archaeonycteridae
Archaeonycteris sp. Revilliod 1917
Sudre 1969
? Palaeochiropteryx sp. Revilliod 1917
Sudre 1969
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Microchiroptera indet. Dobson 1875
Sudre 1969
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Hipposideridae
? Hipposideridae indet. Lydekker 1891
Sudre 1969
Mammalia - Apatemyidae
Apatemyidae informal gen. indet. 1
Sudre 1969
Apatemyidae informal gen. indet. 2
Sudre 1969
Mammalia
Peratherium sp. Aymard 1850
Sudre 1969
Gastropoda - Ferussinidae
Strophostoma praeglobosum
Sudre 1969
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae
Limnea longiscata
Sudre 1969
original and current combination Lymnaea
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbis mammertensis
Sudre 1969
unclassified
Raskyella valdazi
Sudre 1969
Charales - Characeae
Tectochara informal n. sp.
Sudre 1969
unclassified
Harrisichara lineata
Sudre 1969
Harrisichara vasiformis (Reid and Groves 1921)
Sudre 1969
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Languedoc-Roussillon Region County:Gard Departement
Coordinates: 44.3° North, 4.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.2° North, 0.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:236 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Bartonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary - Early/Lower Tertiary *Epoch:Middle Eocene - Middle Eocene
*International age/stage:Bartonian - Bartonian *Local age/stage:Marinesien - Marinesien
Key time interval:Bartonian Zone: Robiac reference level
Age range of interval:41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:incomplete
Metadata
Also known as:Robiac North
Database number:31736
Authorizer:E. Fara, P. Holroyd, D. Nicholson, P. Mannion, P. Barrett Enterer:E. Fara, D. Nicholson, P. Holroyd, T. Cleary, P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-05-24 06:24:38 Last modified:2017-02-07 09:54:31
Access level:the public Released:2003-05-24 06:24:38
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:

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]
60047 F. Broin. 1977. Contribution a l'etude des Cheloniens. Cheloniens continentaux due Cretace et du Tertiare de France. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie C, Sciences de la terre 38:1-366 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
61550 B. Comte, M. Sabatier, B. Marandat and M. Vianey-Liaud. 2012. Les rongeurs de Chéry-Chartreuve et Rocourt-Saint-Martin (est du bassin de Paris; Aisne, France). Leur place parmi les faunes de l'Eocène Moyen d'Europe. Palaeovertebrata 37(4-5):167-271 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
58591 S. Hervet. 2004. Systématique du groupe "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) du Tertiaire d'Europe occidentale: principaux résultats [Systematic of the "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" group (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) from the Tertiary of Western Europe: principal results. Annales de Paléontologie 90(1):13-78 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]
62731 J. E. Martin. 2016. New material of the ziphodont mesoeucrocodylian Iberosuchus from the Eocene of Languedoc, southern France. Annales de Paléontologie 102:135-144 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
31736 D. L. Pawson. 1966. Phylogeny and evolution of holothuroids. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part U. Echinodermata 3. The Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas Press 2:U641-U646 [L. Villier/L. Villier/P. Novack-Gottshall]
59713 A. Pérez-García, F. Ortega, and E. Jimenez Fuentes. 2016. Taxonomy, systematics, and diversity of the European oldest testudinids. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177:648-675 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion]
61562 J. A. Remy. 2015. Les Périssodactyles (Mammalia) du gisement Bartonien supérieur de Robiac (Éocène moyen du Gard, Sud de la France). Palaeovertebrata 39(1):e1:1-98 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
61203 J. Sudre. 1969. Les gisements de Robiac (Eocène supérieur) et leurs faunes de Mammifères. Palaeovertebrata 2:95-156 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
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]