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A new late Early Oligocene vertebrate fauna from Moissac, South-West France

Pierre-Olivier ANTOINE, Grégoire MÉTAIS, Maëva J. ORLIAC, Stéphane PEIGNÉ, Sébastien RAFAŸ, Floréal SOLÉ & Monique VIANEY-LIAUD

en Comptes Rendus Palevol 10 (4) - Pages 239-250

Published on 30 June 2011

The new vertebrate locality Moissac-IV, in SW France, yields the alligatoroid Diplocynodon sp., the turtle Trionyx sp., and a diversified mammal fauna. The mammal assemblage includes the rodent Protechimys cf. lebratierensis , the artiodactyls Caenomeryx sp., Lophiomeryx chalaniati, Gelocus sp., Metriotherium aff. mirabile, Entelodon sp., and Anthracotherium sp., the perissodactyls Protaceratherium albigense and Eggysodon gaudryi, the carnivore Nimravus intermedius, and the creodonts Hyaenodon dubius and Hyaenodon? leptorhynchus. The Moissac-IV fauna, referred to the MP24 reference level, is both totally distinct from those of Moissac-I (MN1, Earliest Miocene) and Moissac-II (MP29, Late Oligocene) and older than Moissac-III (MP26). It provides original data in a stratified context just prior the Early-Late Oligocene transition, i.e. a stratigraphical interval, which for SW France, was essentially documented by karstic fillings of the Phosphorites of Quercy so far.


Keywords:

Moissac-IV, Mammals, Biostratigraphy, MP24, Aquitaine Basin, France

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