Saint-Papoul (Eocene of France)

Where: Aude, France (43.3° N, 2.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 0.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 8 + 9 mammal zone, Saint-Papoul Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• ‘Argiles rutilantes d’Issel et de Saint-Papoul’ Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: M. Richard. 1946. Contribution a l'étude du basin d'Aquitaine, Les Gisements de Mammiferes Tertiares. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France, Nouvelle Serie 24(52):1-380 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78236: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.01.2008, edited by Patricia Holroyd, David Nicholson and Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae
Lophiaspis occitanicus Deperet 1910 odd-toed ungulate
originally entered as "Lophiasphis occitanicus"
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Preregidens langebadrae n. gen. n. sp.5
Preregidens langebadrae n. gen. n. sp.5 Solé et al. 2015 creodont
MNHN.F.SPP32 - holotype
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudininei indet.2 de Broin and de la Fuente 1993 turtle
"Achilemys cassouleti n. sp." = Fontainechelon cassouleti1 Claude and Tong 2004 turtle
MDE-sp37, holotype partial skeleton
Palaeoemys occitana n. sp.2 Hervet 2003 turtle
Juvemys labarrerei n. gen. n. sp.2 Hervet 2003 turtle
Type MNHN SPP17
 Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Allaeochelys sp.2 Noulet 1867 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp.2 Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Bothremydidae
cf. Foxemydina indet.3 Gaffney et al. 2006 sideneck turtle
three nuchals
Tartaruscola teodorii n. gen. n. sp.3 Pérez-García 2016 sideneck turtle
MNHN.F.SPP33, holotype skull
 Testudines - Podocnemididae
Podocnemididae indet.6, "Papoulemys laurenti n. gen. n. sp." = Neochelys laurenti6, "Neochelys laurenti" = Neochelys laurenti4
Podocnemididae indet.6 Cope 1868 sideneck turtle
n. T13 – n. T21
"Papoulemys laurenti n. gen. n. sp." = Neochelys laurenti6 Tong 1998 sideneck turtle
Type n. T12 Musée de Dinosaures, Espéraza, Aude, France
"Neochelys laurenti" = Neochelys laurenti4 Tong 1998 sideneck turtle
MNHN.F.SPP 28, MNHN.F. 5818–5819, MNHN.F.SPP 30, MNHN.F,SPP 29