Mas de las Fons, Baixas area (Oligocene of France)

Also known as Baixas'

Where: Languedoc-Roussillon Region, France (42.5° N, 2.5° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 0.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: karst

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: USTL à Montpellier

Primary reference: J.-P. Aguilar, M. Calvet, and J. Michaux. 1986. Decouvertes de faunes de micromammiferes dans les Pyrenees-Orientales (France) de l'Oligocene superieur au Miocene superieur; especes nouvelles et reflexion sur l'etalonnage des echelles continentale et marine. [New upper Oligocene to upper Miocene faunas of micromammals found in the Pyrenees-Orientales (France); new species of rodents and remarks about the calibration of marine and continental biochronological scales.]. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Serie 2, Mecanique, Physique, Chimie, Sciences de l'Univers, Sciences de la Terre 303(8):755-760 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36876: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Robin Whatley on 18.02.2004

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eucricetodon praecursor Schaub 1925 mouse
Pseudocricetodon thaleri Hugueney 1969 mouse
Adelomyarion vireti Hugueney 1969 mouse
Melissiodon quercyi Schaub 1920 mouse
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Microdyromys legidensis Daams 1981 dormouse
"Gliravus cf. bruijni" = Schizogliravus bruijni Hugueney 1967 dormouse
Bransatoglis fugax Hugueney 1967 dormouse
Peridyromys murinus Pomel 1853 dormouse
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Columbomys sp. Thaler 1962 rodent