Muirancourt: Early/Lower Eocene, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Oxyaenidae
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Palaeonictis gigantea n. sp.
de Blainville 1842
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Solé et al. 2011 | |||||||||
| MNHN ARP 52 - type | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Palaeotrionyx vittatus n. sp.
(Pomel 1847)
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Broin 1977 | |||||||||
| recombined as Axestemys vittata | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Crocodylus depressifrons n. sp.
Blainville 1855
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| recombined as Asiatosuchus depressifrons | ||||||||||
| MNHN G 160 (partial skull); MNHN G 156 (casts of the skull and lower jaw) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Oise |
| Coordinates: | 49.6° North, 3.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.1° North, 0.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Eocene | Mammal zone: | MP7 |
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Argiles à Lignites du Soissonnais | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lignite |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MNHN |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lignites de Muirancourt | ||
| Database number: | 144104 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Mannion, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-04-30 23:20:04 | Last modified: | 2016-11-16 10:22:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-30 23:20:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46599. | M. Delfino and T. Smith. 2009. A reassessment of the morphology and taxonomic status of ‘Crocodylus’ depressifrons Blainville, 1855 (Crocodylia, Crocodyloidea) based on the Early Eocene remains from Belgium. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156:140-167 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 60047 | F. Broin. 1977. Contribution a l'etude des Cheloniens. Cheloniens continentaux due Cretace et du Tertiare de France. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie C, Sciences de la terre 38:1-366 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
| 60841 | F. Solé, E. Gheerbrant, and M. Godinot. 2011. New data on the Oxyaenidae from the Early Eocene of Europe; biostratigraphic, paleobiogeographic and paleoecologic implications. Palaeontologia Electronica 14(2):13A:1-41 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |