A new early Late Oligocene (MP 26) continental vertebrate fauna from Saint-Privat-des-Vieux (Alès Basin, Gard, Southern France) Author Vianey-Liaud, Monique Author Comte, Bernard Author Marandat, Bernard Author Peigné, Stéphane Author Rage, Jean-Claude Author Sudre, Jean text Geodiversitas 2014 2014-12-26 36 4 565 622 http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/g2014n4a4 journal article 6390 10.5252/g2014n4a4 8bc26961-9853-4113-a63d-4cf691aa7100 1638-9395 4538625 Order CROCODYLIA Gmelin, 1789 Crocodylian indet. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — About 200 complete and incomplete, isolated teeth ( SPV 744 [conical teeth], SPV 745 [globular teeth]) and five fragments of skull bones ( SPV 746). DESCRIPTION AND DISCUSSION Almost all teeth are conical, comparatively elongate and slightly curved lingually. However, rare teeth are short and globular; they come from the posterior portion of the tooth row. Ŋe longest tooth reaches 12 mm . Longitudinal striae appear to be present on some teeth. Some specimens bear mesial and distal, non-serrated carinae. Such teeth were often referred to as Diplocynodon Pomel, 1847 , an alligatoroid endemic to Europe. Five fragments of skull bones bearing relatively large pits likely belong to the same taxon. Diplocynodon is known from the early Eocene to the middle Miocene ( Delfino & Smith 2012 ; Martin & Gross 2011 ); it is the most common crocodylian from the Cenozoic of Europe. However, although the specimens from Saint-Privat-des-Vieux are consistent with Diplocynodon , the available material does not permit secure referral at genus level.