PBDB Collection

Sainte Néboule (Eocene of France)

Also known as Ste Neboule, Sainte-Neboule, Ste-Neboule

Where: Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region, France (44.6° N, 1.9° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 38.6° N, 6.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: La Débruge level zone, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• European Mammal Zone ('Niveau Repère') based on rodents. The karst is located within limestones that are Late Bathonian in age.

Environment/lithology: karst; unlithified, sideritic claystone and phosphorite

• lateritic clay with limonitic pisolithes

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: B. Geze. 1978. La poche a Phosphate de Ste-Neboule (Lot) et sa faune de vertebres du Ludien Superieur. 1. La poche et son remplissage. Paleovertebrata 8(2-4):171-173 [E. Fara/E. Fara/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 12842: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 20.12.2001, edited by Philip Mannion and Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae	Hyaenodon brachyrhynchus⁹ Hyaenodon brachyrhynchus⁹ creodont
Carnivora - Amphicyonidae	Cynodictis lacustris⁶ Cynodictis lacustris⁶ Gervais 1852 bear-dog Type of Cynodictis lacustris neboulensis - SNB 430
Artiodactyla - Tapirulidae	Tapirulus hyracinus¹³ Tapirulus hyracinus¹³ Gervais 1850 even-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Cebochoeridae	Acotherulum (Acotherulum) saturninum¹³ Acotherulum (Acotherulum) saturninum¹³ Gervais 1850 even-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae	Dichobune leporina¹³, Mouillacitherium schlosseri n. sp.¹⁴ Dichobune leporina¹³ Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate Mouillacitherium schlosseri n. sp.¹⁴ Sudre 1978 even-toed ungulate BSP 1879 XV-138 - type
Artiodactyla - Amphimerycidae	? Amphimeryx sp.¹⁴, Amphimeryx cf. murinus¹³ ? Amphimeryx sp.¹⁴ Pictet 1853 even-toed ungulate Amphimeryx cf. murinus¹³ Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Anoplotheriidae	Dacrytherium saturninii¹³ Dacrytherium saturninii¹³ even-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Xiphodontidae	Xiphodon gracile¹⁴, Haplomeryx zitteli¹³, Dichodon frohnstettense¹⁴ Xiphodon gracile¹⁴ Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate SNB 681 Haplomeryx zitteli¹³ Schlosser 1886 even-toed ungulate Dichodon frohnstettense¹⁴ von Meyer 1852 even-toed ungulate
Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae	Palaeotherium medium¹¹, Plagiolophus cf. annectens¹¹ Palaeotherium medium¹¹ Cuvier 1804 odd-toed ungulate "Palaeotherium medium? perrealense" Plagiolophus cf. annectens¹¹ Owen 1847 odd-toed ungulate
Soricomorpha - Nyctitheriidae	Saturninia beata¹², Saturninia gracilis¹² Saturninia beata¹² Crochet 1974 placental SNB 35 Saturninia gracilis¹² Stehlin 1940 placental SNB 5
Rodentia - Ischyromyidae	Plesiarctomys sp.⁷ Plesiarctomys sp.⁷ Bravard 1848 rodent
Rodentia - Theridomyidae	Paradelomys aff. spaeleus⁷, Blainvillimys rotundidens⁷, Patriotheridomys altus⁷ Paradelomys aff. spaeleus⁷ Hartenberger 1973 rodent Blainvillimys rotundidens⁷ Schlosser 1884 rodent Patriotheridomys altus⁷ Vianey-Liaud 1974 rodent
Primates - Adapidae	Adapis parisiensis¹³ Adapis parisiensis¹³ Blainville 1841 primate
Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae	Rhinolophus cf. priscus¹² Rhinolophus cf. priscus¹² Revilliod 1920 horseshoe bat SNB 95-98
Chiroptera - Hipposideridae	Hipposideros schlosseri¹², Palaeophyllophora sp.¹², Palaeophyllophora oltina¹², Palaeophyllophora quercyi¹² Hipposideros schlosseri¹² Revilliod 1917 roundleaf bat Palaeophyllophora sp.¹² Revilliod 1917 leaf-nosed bat SNB 94 Palaeophyllophora oltina¹² Delfortrie 1872 leaf-nosed bat SNB 78-93 Palaeophyllophora quercyi¹² Revilliod 1917 leaf-nosed bat
Leptictida - Pseudorhyncocyonidae	Pseudorhyncocyon cayluxi¹², Leptictidium storchi⁸ Pseudorhyncocyon cayluxi¹² Filhol 1892 eutherian SNB 2 Leptictidium storchi⁸ Hooker 2013 eutherian USTL.SNB-2 (RM3)
Tribosphenida - Herpetotheriidae	Amphiperatherium sp.⁵, Amphiperatherium minutum⁵, Peratherium cuvieri⁵ Amphiperatherium sp.⁵ Filhol 1879 marsupial Amphiperatherium minutum⁵ Aymard 1846 marsupial Peratherium cuvieri⁵ Fisher 1829 marsupial
Reptilia
Crocodylia -	Diplocynodon sp.⁴ Diplocynodon sp.⁴ Pomel 1847 crocodilian
Squamata - Iguanidae	Geiseltaliellus lamandini² Geiseltaliellus lamandini² Filhol 1877 squamates incomplete left and right dentaries, not nec. same individual
Squamata - Lacertidae	Plesiolacerta lydekkeri² Plesiolacerta lydekkeri² Hoffstetter 1942 squamates one dorsal and one cervical vertebra, plus seven caudal vertebrae
Squamata - Necrosauridae	Necrosaurus eucarinatus², Necrosaurus cayluxi² Necrosaurus eucarinatus² Kuhn 1940 squamates UPS SNB 1014, two incomplete right maxillae Necrosaurus cayluxi² Filhol 1873 squamates three incomplete right dentaries; two incomplete left dentaries; three incomplete right maxillae; MNHN SNB 1007, two incomplete left maxillae; SNB 1006, one parietal; SNB 1013, an ectopterygoid; SNB 1010/1011, numerous dorsal and caudal vertebrae; an axis; a few sacral and cervical vertebrae; MNHN SNB 1008, a few osteoderms; collection Mathis (MNHN), ten dorsal vertebrae, a cervical, eight caudals
Squamata - Anguidae	Placosaurus sp.², Anguini indet.², Helvetisaurus picteti² Placosaurus sp.² Gervais 1852 squamates MNHN SNB 1004, thirty dorsal vertebrae; SNB 1005, eight caudal vertebrae; SNB 1003a-1003b, one hundred and fifty cephalic and body osteoderms Anguini indet.² Augé 2005 squamates Helvetisaurus picteti² Hoffstetter 1942 squamates around ten dorsal vertebrae, some osteoderms, ?two palatines
Squamata - Cordylidae	Pseudolacerta mucronata¹, Pseudolacerta quercyini² Pseudolacerta mucronata¹ Filhol 1877 spinytail lizard Pseudolacerta quercyini² Augé 2005 spinytail lizard two incomplete right dentaries, one incomplete left dentary
Squamata - Tropidophiidae	Dunnophis cadurcensis¹⁰ Dunnophis cadurcensis¹⁰ Rage 1974 dwarf boa Ten vertebrae
Squamata - Boidae	Cadurcoboa insolita n. gen. n. sp.¹⁰, Cadurceryx sp.¹⁰ Cadurcoboa insolita n. gen. n. sp.¹⁰ Rage 1978 boa Universite Paris VI SNB 1000 (holotype), one mid-trunk vertebra; approx. additional 180 vertebrae referred Cadurceryx sp.¹⁰ Hoffstetter and Rage 1972 sand boa If a second species exists of Cadurceryx (other than C. filholi), this is of the second species. - Rage 1978
Squamata - Amphisbaenidae	Amphisbaenidae indet.² Amphisbaenidae indet.² Gray 1865 worm lizard four dorsal vertebrae, two left dentaries
Squamata - Blanidae	Blanidae indet.³ Blanidae indet.³ Kearney 2003 worm lizard MNHN SNB 1034, posterior part of right dentary; SNB 1035, one incomplete left dentary; SNB 1036, two incomplete left dentaries; SNB 1037, eight trunk vertebrae
Squamata - Gekkonidae	Cadurcogekko piveteaui² Cadurcogekko piveteaui² Hoffstetter 1946 gecko five dentaries, one maxilla

¹Augé 1987; ²Augé 2005; ³Auge 2012; ⁴Buffetaut 1978; ⁵Crochet 1978; ⁶de Bonis 1978; ⁷Hartenberger and Vianey-Liaud 1978; ⁸Hooker 2013; ⁹Lange-Badre 1978; ¹⁰Rage 1978; ¹¹Remy 1978; ¹²Sigé 1978; ¹³Sudre 1978; ¹⁴Sudre 1978