Also known as Quercy; Pech-du-Fraysse
Where: Quercy, France (44.8° N, 2.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 0.0° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: MP 28 mammal zone, MP 28 (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• There are three levels in MP 28: Pech Desse is lower, Pech du Fraysse is middle, and Portal is upper. "The reference levels mark with mammals used for the biochronology in this work (MP) are those defined by the Mainz Conference (February 1987)."
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J.-Y. Crochet. 1974. Les Insectivores des Phosphorites du Quercy. [Insectivores of the Quercy Phosphorites]. Palaeovertebrata, Montpellier 6(1-2):109-159 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36712: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Robin Whatley on 10.02.2004, edited by Jason Head, Lars van den Hoek Ostende, Terri Cleary, Patricia Holroyd and Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Lacertidae indet.1, Mediolacerta roceki n. gen. n. sp.1, Pseudeumeces cadurcensis2, Lacerta filholi n. sp.1
Mediolacerta roceki n. gen. n. sp.1 Augé 2005 squamates MNHN PFR 11006 (holotype), left dentary; additional material: twenty one left dentaries (incl. fifteen fragments), twenty seven right dentaries (incl. fifteen fragments), twelve left maxillae (incl. one complete), seven incomplete right maxillae
Pseudeumeces cadurcensis2 Filhol 1877 squamates MNHN, PFR 11020, fifteen dentaries; MNHN, PFR 11004, left maxilla; MNHN, PFR 11021, three incomplete maxillae; MNHN, PFR 11016, premaxilla
Lacerta filholi n. sp.1 Augé 1988 squamates USTL PFR 11 001 (holotype), left dentary; additional material: nineteen left dentaries, eleven right dentaries, one left maxilla, two premaxillae
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Anguini indet.1, "Dopasia roqueprunensis" = Ophisaurus roqueprunensis1, "Dopasia frayssensis n. sp." = Ophisauromimus frayssensis1
"Dopasia roqueprunensis" = Ophisaurus roqueprunensis1 Auge 1992 glass lizard two incomplete left dentaries and an incomplete right dentary
"Dopasia frayssensis n. sp." = Ophisauromimus frayssensis1 Augé 2005 squamates MNHN PFR 11003 (holotype), complete right dentary; PFR 11005, six incomplete right dentaries; additional two incomplete left dentaries and 'several tens of vertebrae'
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Amphisbaenidae indet.1 Gray 1865 worm lizard about ten dorsal vertebrae, seven left dentaries, one right dentary, a few maxillae, two premaxillae
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Bavarioboa crocheti18 Szyndlar and Rage 2003 boa MNHN PFR 11039-11046 and 11052-11055, about 330 trunk vertebrae; PFR 11047, one cloacal vertebra; PFR 11048-9, 11056-7, 54 caudal vertebrae; PFR 11051, one right dentary; PFR 11050, one left dentary
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Platyspondylia lepta n. gen. n. sp.18
Platyspondylia lepta n. gen. n. sp.18 Rage 1974 dwarf boa (also see ref. 16854) Material includes holotype MNHN PFR 6350, numerous vertebrae, a palatine, a quadrate, and an ?articular
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Geiseltaliellus sp.3 Kuhn 1944 squamates MNHN, PFR 11009, partial left dentary; MNHN, PFR 11010, partial left maxilla; MNHN, PFR 11011, partial right maxilla; MNHN, PFR 11058, fragmentary jaw
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Heterocricetodon helbingi19, Pseudocricetodon montalbanensis19, Pseudocricetodon philippi12, Melissiodon quercyi19, Eucricetodon quercyi n. sp.19
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Gliridae indet.21, Glirudinus glirulus21, Microdyromys praemurinus21, "Gliravus bruijni" = Schizogliravus bruijni21, Peridyromys murinus21
Gliridae indet.21 Muirhead 1819 dormouse PFY 1706 - cf. Peridyromys nov. sp., or cf. Myomimus nov. sp.
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