Epernay (general) (Eocene of France)

Also known as Region d'Epernay

Where: Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine, France (49.0° N, 4.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 1.2° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: MP 8–10 mammal zone, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Lemoine; reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: S. Hervet. 2004. Systématique du groupe "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) du Tertiaire d'Europe occidentale: principaux résultats [Systematic of the "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" group (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) from the Tertiary of Western Europe: principal results. Annales de Paléontologie 90(1):13-78 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 178052: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 15.04.2016, edited by Patricia Holroyd and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines -
? Euroemys sp., Owenemys sp.
? Euroemys sp. Hervet 2004 turtle
MNHN AL 9142
Owenemys sp. Hervet 2004 turtle
MNHN AL 9141, AL 9140, SUT 15309, AL 9126
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp.1
Trionyx sp.1 Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Allaeochelys sp.1
Allaeochelys sp.1 Noulet 1867 turtle
 Testudines - Podocnemididae
Neochelys cf. eocaenica1
Neochelys cf. eocaenica1 de Stefano 1902 sideneck turtle
Mammalia
 Acreodi - Mesonychidae
"Hyaenodictis filholi n. sp." = Dissacus filholi2
"Hyaenodictis filholi n. sp." = Dissacus filholi2 Lemoine 1891 condylarth
MNHN.F.AL5152
1Broin 1977; 2Solé et al. 2018