Lacerta cf. filholi Augé, 1988

Vianey-Liaud, Monique, Comte, Bernard, Marandat, Bernard, Peigné, Stéphane, Rage, Jean-Claude & Sudre, Jean, 2014, A new early Late Oligocene (MP 26) continental vertebrate fauna from Saint-Privat-des-Vieux (Alès Basin, Gard, Southern France), Geodiversitas 36 (4), pp. 565-622 : 572

Lacerta cf. filholi Augé, 1988

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Six incomplete maxillae ( SPV 723), five incomplete dentaries ( SPV 724), four fragments bearing teeth ( SPV 725).

DESCRIPTION

Ŋe teeth are all pleurodont; the anterior ones have a single cuspid, others (probably from the midsection of the tooth row) are bicuspid, whereas the larger teeth, i.e. from the posterior section, have three cuspids. Well-marked vertical striae occur on the apices. None of the teeth is amblyodont (i.e. “molariform”). On the maxillae, the anteriormost teeth are acute and recurved.

DISCUSSION

Ŋe combination of mono-, bi- and tricuspid teeth in a single tooth row, presence of anterior recurved maxillary teeth and the striation of apices point to Lacerta s.l. filholi . Ŋis small lizard is frequent in the Oligocene of western Europe. However, the preserved parts of the maxillae do not bear osteoderms. Ŋerefore, although this absence may be only of ontogenetic nature, assignment to this species cannot be accepted without reservation. Lacerta s.l. filholi was reported from MP 21 to MN 2 ( Augé 2005; Augé & Smith 2009).