Rians: Early/Lower Eocene, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Ectypodus aff. childei
(Kühne 1969)
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
RI 273, 348, 363, 393, 413, 414, 376, 394, 418 | ||||||||||
= Ectypodus riansensis n. sp.
Marandat et al. 2012
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Marandat et al. 2012 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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? Leptictidae indet.
Gill 1872
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
RI 169 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Microparamys cf. chandoni
Hartenberger 1971
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
RI 315 and 366 | ||||||||||
? Ailuravinae indet.
Michaux 1968
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
RI 325 | ||||||||||
Paramys cf. pourcyensis
Michaux 1964
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
RI 199, 185 and 201 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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cf. Agerinia sp.
Crusafont-Pairó and Golpe-Posse 1973
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Godinot 1998 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Adapidae
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Adapidae indet.
Trouessart 1879
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
RI 278 and 333 | ||||||||||
Pelycodus aff. eppsi
Cooper 1932
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
RI 179, 328 and 331 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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Phenacolemur cf. fuscus
Russell et al. 1967
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
recombined as Arcius fuscus | ||||||||||
RI 225 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
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Donrussellia provincialis n. sp.
Godinot 1978
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Godinot 1998 | |||||||||
RI 170 - type | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Nyctitheriidae
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? Nyctitheriidae indet.
Simpson 1928
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
GOT 680-1 | ||||||||||
cf. Leptacodon sp.
Matthew and Granger 1921
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
RI 218, 219 and 382 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Archaeonycteridae
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cf. Archaeonycteris sp.
Revilliod 1917
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
RI 349, 361 and 334 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Hyracotherium aff. cuniculus
Owen 1842
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
recombined as Cymbalophus cuniculus | ||||||||||
RI 136-139, 145, 183 and 308 | ||||||||||
? Paschatherium sp.
Russell 1963
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
RI 421, 312 and 250 | ||||||||||
Paschatherium cf. dolloi
(Teilhard de Chardin 1927)
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
RI 154, 155, 408, 330, 263, 231, 234, 259, 268, 397, 295, 299, 354, 417, 270, 288, 340, 380, 412, 156, 233, 386, 391, 241, ? 292, 374 and 416 | ||||||||||
Paschatherium russelli n. sp.
Godinot 1978
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Godinot 1978 | |||||||||
RI 153 - type | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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? Diacodexis sp.
Cope 1882
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
RI 403 | ||||||||||
Diacodexis gazini n. sp.
Godinot 1978
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Godinot 1978 | |||||||||
RI 164 - type | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Proviverra eisenmanni n. sp.
Godinot 1981
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
recombined as Eoproviverra eisenmanni | ||||||||||
MNHN.F.RI400 - type; referred specimens: MNHN.F.RI203, 204, 362 and 401 | ||||||||||
Didelphodus cf. absarokae
(Cope 1881)
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
RI 202, 205 and 402 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Galecyon sp.
Gingerich and Deutsch 1989
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Smith and Smith 2001 | |||||||||
RI 275 and RI 276 | ||||||||||
= Prototomus cf. mordax
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
= Galecyon gallus n. sp.
Solé et al. 2013
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Solé et al. 2013 | |||||||||
MNHN RI 275 - type; referred specimen: MNHN RI 276 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Miacidae
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? Miacidae informal sp. 1
Cope 1880
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
? Miacidae informal sp. 2
Cope 1880
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
RI 364 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus itinerans n. sp.
Godinot 1978
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Godinot 1978 | |||||||||
RI 279 - type | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proteutheria
- Palaeoryctidae
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Palaeoryctidae indet.
Winge 1917
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
RI 343 and 355 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Apatemyidae
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Apatemys sp.
Marsh 1872
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2 specimens | |||||||||
RI 303, 424, 239 and 284 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
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Peratherium matronense
Crochet 1979
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
R1 392 and 378 | ||||||||||
Amphiperatherium aff. brabantense
Crochet 1979
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
RI 379 and 411 | ||||||||||
Amphiperatherium cf. maximum
Crochet 1979
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
RI 220, 296 and 368 | ||||||||||
Amphiperatherium goethei
Crochet 1979
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
RI 385 | ||||||||||
Peradectes louisi
Crochet 1979
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Godinot 1981 | |||||||||
RI 342, 420, 221, 226, 244 and 252 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Francellia salouagmirae n. gen., n. sp.
Hervet 2004
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Hervet 2004 | |||||||||
MNHN RI 451 carapace and plastron | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Podocnemididae
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Neochelys arenarum n. sp.
Broin 1977
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Lapparent de Broin 2003 | |||||||||
Type MNHN.F.RI 6 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Amphisbaenidae indet.
(Gray 1865)
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Augé 2005 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
four dorsal vertebrae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Melanosaurini indet.
Sullivan 1979
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Augé 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
incomplete parietal | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | France | State/province: | Var |
Coordinates: | 43.6° North, 5.8° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 39.1° North, 3.0° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Altitude: | 363 meters | ||
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: | 55.80000 - 48.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Lignites de Soissonais | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: early Sparnacian |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Disassociated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | MNHN |
Metadata
Database number: | 35538 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Barrett, J. Alroy, D. Nicholson, P. Mannion, K. Beard | Enterer: | M. Carrano, K. Beard, P. Mannion, T. Cleary, J. Alroy, D. Nicholson |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2003-12-19 13:01:05 | Last modified: | 2016-11-16 06:42:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-12-19 13:01:05 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
9599. | 5% 31240 | D. E. Russell, M. Godinot, P. Louis and D. E. Savage. 1979. Apatotheria (Mammalia) de l'Eocène inférieur de France et de Belgique. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, section C: Science de la Terre 1(3):203-243 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
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] | |
30284 | M. Godinot. 1978. Diagnoses de trois nouvelles especes de mammiferes du Sparnacien de Provence. Compte rendu sommaire des seances de la Societe geologique de France 1978(6):286-288 [K. Beard/K. Beard] | |
60837 | M. Godinot. 1981. Les mammifères de Rians (Eocène inférieur, Provence). Palaeovertebrata 10(2):43-126 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
1679 | M. Godinot. 1998. A summary of adapiform systematics and phylogeny. Folia Primatologica 69(Suppl. 1):218-249 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
58591 | 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] | |
58692 | F. Lapparent de Broin. 2003. Neochelys sp. (Chelonii, Erymnochelyinae), from Silveirinha, early Eocene, Portugal. Ciencias da Terra (UNL) 15:117-132 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
60868 | B. Marandat, S. Adnet, L. Marivaux, A. Martinez, M. Vianey-Liaud and R. Tabuce. 2012. A new mammalian fauna from the earliest Eocene (Ilerdian) of the Corbières (Southern France): palaeobiogeographical implications. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 105:417-434 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
57023 | T. Smith and R. Smith. 2001. The creodonts (Mammalia, Ferae) from the Paleocene-Eocene transition in Belgium (Tienen Formation, MP7). Belgian Journal of Zoology 131(2):117-135 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
60836 | F. Solé, J. Falconnet, and L. Yves. 2014. New proviverrines (Hyaenodontida) from the early Eocene of Europe; phylogeny and ecological evolution of the Proviverrinae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171:878-917 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
60840 | F. Solé, E. Gheerbrant, and M. Godinot. 2013. Sinopaninae and Arfianinae (Hyaenodontida, Mammalia) from the Early Eocene of Europe and Asia; evidence for dispersal in Laurasia around the Paleocene/Eocene boundary and for an unnoticed faunal turnover in Europe. Geobios 46:313-327 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |