Monthelon: Ypresian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Pristichampsus rollinatii
Rossman 2000
nomen dubium belonging to Eusuchia
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 - Testudinidae
Palaeoemys sp. Schleich 1994
Hervet 2003
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 MT 17367
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx michauxi Broin 1977
Broin 1977
synonym of Trionyx silvestris
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Matthodon menui (Rich 1971)
Solé et al. 2014
MNHN.F.Ma 14832
Mammalia - Choeropotamidae
Cuisitherium lydekkeri (Lemoine 1891)
Mammalia - Dichobunidae
Aumelasia menieli Sudre 1983
Sudre and Erfurt 1996
Protodichobune oweni Lemoine 1878
Sudre and Erfurt 1996
Mammalia - Diacodexeidae
Diacodexis cf. varleti Sudre 1983
Sudre and Erfurt 1996
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Champagne-Ardenne County:Marne
Coordinates: 49.0° North, 3.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.5° North, 1.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Ypresian
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Lithology description: none given
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Cuisitherium specimen is in the collection of l'Association des géologues du Noyonnais à Grisolles
Metadata
Database number:73387
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, D. Nicholson, P. Barrett, P. Mannion Enterer:J. Alroy, D. Nicholson, P. Holroyd, P. Mannion, T. Cleary
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-06-13 18:31:55 Last modified:2007-06-13 21:31:55
Access level:the public Released:2007-06-13 18:31:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

24638. J. Sudre and G. Lecomte. 2000. Relations et position systématique du genre Cuisitherium Sudre et al., 1983, le plus dérivé des artiodactyles d l'Éocène inférieur d'Europe. Geodiversitas 22(3):415-432 [J. Alroy/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]
58573 S. Hervet. 2003. Deux nouvelles tortues de l’Éocène inférieur de Saint-Papoul (Aude, France). C. R. Palevol 2:617-624 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/D. Nicholson]
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]
81413 T. Rossman. 2000. Skelettanatomische Beschreibung von Pristichampsus rollinatii (Gray) (Crocodilia, Eusuchia) aus dem Paläogen von Europa, Nordamerika and Ostasien. Courier Forschunginstitut Senckenberg 221:1-107 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
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]
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]