Saint-Papoul: Ypresian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae
Lophiaspis occitanicus Deperet 1910
originally entered as "Lophiasphis occitanicus"
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Preregidens langebadrae n. gen., n. sp. Solé et al. 2015
Solé et al. 2015
MNHN.F.SPP32 - holotype
Reptilia - Testudines
cf. Foxemydina indet. Gaffney et al. 2006
Pérez-García 2016 3 specimens
three nuchals
Tartaruscola teodorii n. gen., n. sp. Pérez-García 2016
Pérez-García 2016 2 specimens
MNHN.F.SPP33, holotype skull
Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Podocnemididae indet. Cope 1868
Tong 1998
n. T13 – n. T21
Papoulemys laurenti n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1998
Tong 1998
recombined as Neochelys laurenti
Type n. T12 Musée de Dinosaures, Espéraza, Aude, France
Neochelys laurenti (Tong 1998)
Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin 2015
MNHN.F.SPP 28, MNHN.F. 5818–5819, MNHN.F.SPP 30, MNHN.F,SPP 29
Reptilia - Testudines
Allaeochelys sp. Noulet 1867
Hervet 2003
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Hervet 2003
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Juvemys labarrerei n. gen., n. sp. Hervet 2003
Hervet 2003 3 specimens
Type MNHN SPP17
Palaeoemys testudiniformis
Claude and Tong 2004
Palaeoemys occitana n. sp. Hervet 2003
Hervet 2003 8 specimens
Testudininei indet. de Broin and de la Fuente 1993
Hervet 2003
Achilemys cassouleti n. sp. Claude and Tong 2004
Claude and Tong 2004
recombined as Fontainechelon cassouleti
MDE-sp37, holotype partial skeleton
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Aude
Coordinates: 43.3° North, 2.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.8° North, 0.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Ypresian Mammal zone: MP 8 + 9
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Saint-Papoul
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: ‘Argiles rutilantes d’Issel et de Saint-Papoul’ Formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:MNHN
Metadata
Database number:78236
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion, D. Nicholson, P. Holroyd Enterer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion, D. Nicholson, P. Holroyd
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-01-31 11:22:14 Last modified:2019-04-08 16:13:11
Access level:the public Released:2008-01-31 11:22:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

26337. M. Richard. 1946. Contribution a l'étude du basin d'Aquitaine, Les Gisements de Mammiferes Tertiares. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France, Nouvelle Serie 24(52):1-380 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

59712 J. Claude and H. Tong. 2004. Early Eocene testudinoid turtles from Saint-Papoul, France, with comments on the early evolution of modern Testudinoidea. Oryctos 5:3-45 [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]
59801 A. Pérez-García. 2016. A new turtle confirms the presence of Bothremydidae (Pleurodira) in the Cenozoic of Europe and expands the biostratigraphic range of Foxemydina. The Science of Nature 103(50):1-14 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion]
60164 A. Pérez-García and F. Lapparent de Broin. 2015. New insights into the anatomy and systematic of 'Papoulemys' laurenti, a representative of Neochelys (Chelonii, Podocnemididae) from the early Eocene of the south of France. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 89:901-923 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]
60838 F. Solé, J. Falconett, and D. Vidalenc. 2015. New fossil Hyaenodonta (Mammalia, Placentalia) from the Ypresian and Lutetian of France and the evolution of the Proviverrinae in southern Europe. Palaeontology 58(6):1049-1072 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
59449 H. Tong. 1998. Pleurodiran turtles from the Eocene of Saint Papoul (Aude), southern France. Oryctos 1:43-53 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]