Sézanne (Eocene of France)

Also known as Sezanne; Sézanne-Broyes

Where: Champagne-Ardenne, France (48.7° N, 3.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.2° N, 1.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; travertine

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J.-C. Rage. 1977. An erycine snake (Boidae) of the genus Calamagras from the French lower Eocene, with comments on the phylogeny of the Erycinae. Herpetologica 33(4):459-463 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28546: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 18.02.2003, edited by Torsten Liebrecht, Terri Cleary and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Agamidae
Tinosaurus europeocaenus1 Auge and Smith 1997 squamates
MNHN SZ 16467, maxilla fragment
 Squamata - Boidae
Calamagras gallicus Rage 1977 dwarf boa
Rage (1977) mentions a total of 30 referred vertebrae which come from Sézanne and other localities in the Paris Basin, but does not give details on specimen and catalogue numbers for each locality
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Diacodexis cf. varleti5 Sudre 1983 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Choeropotamidae
Cuisitherium lydekkeri5 Lemoine 1891 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
? Aumelasia menieli5 Sudre 1983 even-toed ungulate
Eurodexis cf. russelli5 Sudre and Erfurt 1996 even-toed ungulate
 Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Dissacus cf. raslanloubatieri4 Solé et al. 2018 condylarth
MNHN.F.SZ16969
 Primates - Paromomyidae
Arcius lapparenti3 Russell et al. 1967 primate
Arcius fuscus3 Russell et al. 1967 primate
 Cimolesta - Esthonychidae
"Plesiesthonyx munieri" = Esthonyx munieri2
"Plesiesthonyx munieri" = Esthonyx munieri2 Lemoine 1891 tillodont