PBDB Collection

Carrière de Cuis: Ypresian, France

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Reptilia - Necrosauridae

	Necrosaurus sp. Filhol 1876	Augé 2005
Reptilia

	Saniwa indet. Leidy 1870	Augé 2005
Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae

	Neochelys eocaenica (de Stefano 1902)	Lapparent de Broin 2003
	original and current combination Cistudo eocaenica
Reptilia - Testudines

	Allaeochelys sp. Noulet 1867	Broin 1977
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

	Hadrianus sp. Cope 1872	Broin 1977
	= Pelorochelon cf. eocaenica Hummel 1935	Pérez-García et al. 2016
Reptilia - Testudines

	? Euroemys sp. Hervet 2004	Hervet 2004
	MNHN GR 9287, 9297
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae

	Palaeochelys sp. Meyer 1847	Broin 1977
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

	Trionyx michauxi Broin 1977	Broin 1977
	synonym of Trionyx silvestris
Mammalia - Apatemyidae

	Heterohyus sp. Gervais 1848		1 specimen
Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae

	Dissacus filholi (Lemoine 1891)	Solé et al. 2018
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

	Oxyaenoides lindgreni (Rich 1971)	Solé et al. 2014
	MNHN.F.L-23-Cuis

	Oxyaena menui n. sp. Rich 1971	Rich 1971
	recombined as Matthodon menui
	MNHN.F.1939-586 - type; referred specimen: MNHN.F.Cui14838
Mammalia

	Uintacyon hookeri n. sp. Solé 2014	Solé 2014	1 specimen
	MNHN.F.Cui14837
Mammalia - Choeropotamidae

	Cuisitherium lydekkeri (Lemoine 1891)	Sudre and Erfurt 1996
Mammalia - Dichobunidae

	Aumelasia menieli Sudre 1983	Sudre and Erfurt 1996

	Protodichobune oweni Lemoine 1878	Sudre and Erfurt 1996

	Eurodexis cf. russelli Sudre and Erfurt 1996	Sudre and Erfurt 1996
	Cuis 169, 14722, 14723
Mammalia - Diacodexeidae

	Diacodexis cf. varleti Sudre 1983	Sudre and Erfurt 1996
see common names

Geography

Country:	France	State/province:	Marne
Coordinates:	49.0° North, 4.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	44.5° North, 1.2° East
Basis of coordinate:	based on nearby landmark
Altitude:	161 meters
Geographic resolution:	small collection

Time

Period:	Paleogene	Epoch:	Eocene
Stage:	Ypresian	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:	Ypresian	Mammal zone:	MP10
Age range of interval:	56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Stratigraphic resolution:	bed
Stratigraphy comments: Cuisian (Ypresian), late Early Eocene

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

Also known as:	Cuis quarry
Database number:	35540
Authorizer:	M. Carrano, R. Butler, P. Mannion, M. Uhen, P. Barrett, P. Holroyd, D. Nicholson	Enterer:	M. Carrano, T. Cleary, R. Butler, P. Mannion, M. Uhen, P. Holroyd, D. Nicholson
Modifier:	P. Mannion	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2003-12-19 13:08:01	Last modified:	2016-11-16 06:11:32
Access level:	the public	Released:	2003-12-19 13:08:01
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

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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]
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]
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]
59713		A. Pérez-García, F. Ortega, and E. Jimenez Fuentes. 2016. Taxonomy, systematics, and diversity of the European oldest testudinids. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177:648-675 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion]
60942		T. H. V. Rich. 1971. Deltatheridia, Carnivora, and Condylarthra (Mammalia) of the Early Eocene, Paris Basin, France. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 88:1-72 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
60656		F. Solé. 2014. New carnivoraforms from the early Eocene of Europe and their bearing on the evolution of the Carnivoraformes. Palaeontology 57(5):963-978 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
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]
61876		F. Solé, M. Godinot, Y. Laurent, A. Galoyer, and T. Smith. 2018. The European Mesonychid Mammals: Phylogeny, Ecology, Biogeography, and Biochronology. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 25:339-379 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Mannion]
61257		J. Sudre and J. Erfurt. 1996. Les artiodactyles du gisement yprésien terminal de Premontre (Aisne, France). Palaeovertebrata 25(2-4):391-414 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]