Grisolles: Bartonian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amia sp. Linnaeus 1766
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Pelobatidae or Palaeobatrachidae
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Chiroptera informal sp.1 Blumenbach 1779
Chiroptera informal sp.2 Blumenbach 1779
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
Saturninia sp. Stehlin 1940
Mammalia
? Miacis sp. Cope 1872
Mammalia - Creodonta
? Proviverra sp. Rütimeyer 1862
Mammalia - Cebochoeridae
Cebochoerus campichii Pictet 1855
Sudre 1978 7 specimens
recombined as Acotherulum campichii
Cebochoerus n. subgen. (Gervachoerus) campichii
Mammalia - Choeropotamidae
Anthracobunodon louisi n. sp. (Sudre 1978)
Sudre 1978 7 specimens
original and current combination Amphirhagatherium louisi
Mammalia - Rodentia - Pseudosciuridae
Sciuroides russelli n. sp. Hartenberger and Louis 1976
Comte et al. 2012
GRI969 - type
Mammalia - Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Paradelomys crusafonti Thaler 1966
Comte et al. 2012
Blainvillimys varleti n. sp.
Comte et al. 2012
GRI 699 - type
Theridomys sp. Jourdan 1837
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Gliravus sp. Stehlin and Schaub 1951
perhaps two species
Glamys aff. robiacensis (Hartenberger 1965)
Comte et al. 2012
Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae
"Anchomomys" grisollensis n. sp.
35 specimens
Mammalia - Primates - Adapidae
Adapis parisiensis Blainville 1841
2 specimens
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Necrolemur zitteli Schlosser 1887
7 specimens
Microchoerus aff. erinaceus Wood 1844
20 specimens
Pseudoloris crusafonti n. sp. Louis and Sudre 1975
15 specimens
Mammalia - Apatemyidae
Apatemyidae indet. Matthew 1909
Mammalia
Peratherium sp. Aymard 1850
perhaps two species
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguidae indet. Gray 1825
Anguini indet. Augé 2005
Augé 2005
Helvetisaurus informal indet. Forme A Augé 2005
Augé 2005 3 specimens
very incomplete left dentary, incomplete right maxilla, some dorsal vertebrae. Forme B is found in Ravet.
Reptilia - Necrosauridae
Necrosaurus sp. Filhol 1876
Augé 2005 20 specimens
a few caudal vertebrae, very incomplete dentary, two jaw fragments, fifteen osteoderms
Reptilia - Cordylidae
Pseudolacerta mucronata Filhol 1877
Augé 1987
Reptilia - Iguanidae
Geiseltaliellus sp. Kuhn 1944
Augé 2005 11 specimens
four fragmentary left dentaries; incomplete right maxilla; four fragmentary jaws; two quadrates
Geiseltaliellus grisolli n. sp. Augé 2005
Augé 2005 12 specimens
MNHN GRI 17405 (holotype), incomplete right dentary; MNHN collection also includes three incomplete right dentaries, three incomplete left dentaries, two incomplete left maxillae and three premaxillae
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Dormaalisaurus girardoti Augé and Smith 2002
Augé 2005 17 specimens
seven incomplete right dentaries, seven incomplete left dentaries, two incomplete left maxillae, one incomplete right maxilla
Reptilia - Boidae
Cadurceryx sp. Hoffstetter and Rage 1972
Boinae informal large size
Boinae informal medium size
Reptilia
Amphisbaenidae indet. (Gray 1865)
Augé 2005 2 specimens
two dentaries (one left, one right)
Reptilia - Blanidae
Louisamphisbaena ferox n. gen., n. sp. Auge 2012
Auge 2012 4 specimens
MNHN GRI 17494 (holotype), incomplete right maxilla; GRI 17495, incomplete left dentary; GRI 17497, incomplete dentary; GRI 17496, incomplete left maxilla
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
? Emys sp. Dumeril 1806
    = Emydidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Alroy 2007
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae
Lymnaea sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbis sp. Muller 1774
unclassified
"Adelomys" informal sp.1
"Adelomys" informal sp.2
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Picardie Region County:Aisne Departement
Coordinates: 49.1° North, 3.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.1° North, 0.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:180 meters
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Bartonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary - Early/Lower Tertiary *Epoch:Middle Eocene - Middle Eocene
*International age/stage:Bartonian - Bartonian *Local age/stage:Marinesien - Marinesien
Key time interval:Bartonian Zone: Robiac
Age range of interval:41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Calcaire de Saint-Ouen
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: European Mammal Zone ('Niveau Repère') based on rodents. A stratified locality. The fossiliferous level is 3 to 4 cm thick and is located 4.5 m above a level of green marls (Mortefontaine Formation); about the same level than Robiac
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:mire/swamp
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,observed (not collected)
Collection size:2000 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Not accessible anymore
Metadata
Database number:12847
Authorizer:E. Fara, J. Alroy, P. Barrett, P. Mannion Enterer:E. Fara, J. Alroy, P. Mannion, T. Cleary
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:vertebrate
Created:2001-12-20 07:30:13 Last modified:2019-04-08 17:15:21
Access level:the public Released:2001-12-20 07:30:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12522. P. Louis and J. Sudre. 1975. Nouvelles donnees sur les primates de l'Eocene superieur europeen. Colloque international CNRS, Problemes actuels de paleontologie - evolution des vertebres (218)805-828 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara]

Secondary references:

19636 J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
42835% 20820M. Augé. 1987. Les Cordylidae (Reptilia, Lacertilia) de l'Eocène français. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 9(2):181-196 [E. Fara/E. Fara/J. Alroy]
59290 M. L. Augé. 2005. Evolution des lézards du Paléogène en Europe. Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 192:1-369 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary/T. Cleary]
59389 M. L. Auge. 2012. Amphisbaenians from the European Eocene: a biogeographical review. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 92(4):425-443 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary]
61550 B. Comte, M. Sabatier, B. Marandat and M. Vianey-Liaud. 2012. Les rongeurs de Chéry-Chartreuve et Rocourt-Saint-Martin (est du bassin de Paris; Aisne, France). Leur place parmi les faunes de l'Eocène Moyen d'Europe. Palaeovertebrata 37(4-5):167-271 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
85175% 7400J. Sudre. 1978. Les artiodactyles de l'Eocene moyen et superieur d'Europe occidentale; systematique et evolution. Memoires et Travaux de l'Institut de Montpellier de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes 7:1-229 [E. Fara/E. Fara/M. Uhen]