Caenomeryx indet. cf. communis

(Filhol, 1877)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Right lower jaw fragment with alveoli of p1, p2 and p3 and p4 well preserved; one upper right P4.

DESCRIPTION

Ŋis mandible,on which there is no diastema between p1 and p2, is close to specimens referred to C. communis (Filhol, 1877) . Its dimensions are similar to those of this species, identified in older localities (Blondel 2005), and most abundant in the mid Oligocene deposits from Quercy (Sudre 1995). As seen in this species, the P4 has the protocone situated forward, the parastyle and metastyle highly developed and a strong oblique ridge at the base of the ectoloph.