Condé-en-Brie: MP 8 + 9, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Coraciiformes - Primobucconidae
Primobucconidae indet. Feduccia and Martin 1976
invalid subgroup of Coracii
tarsometatarsus
Reptilia
Scincomorpha informal indet. Forme A Camp 1923
Augé 2005 3 specimens
MNHN CB 17400, three incomplete left dentaries. "Forme B" is found in Malperie (see Auge 2005 for comparison)
Reptilia - Gekkonidae
Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825
Augé 1990 3 specimens
"un dentarie droit incomplet (n CB 16440), deux fragments de dentaries dont l'un est de beaucoup plus petite taille que les deux autres (n CB 16441).
Reptilia - Necrosauridae
Necrosaurus sp. Filhol 1876
Augé 1990 30 specimens
une vertèbre cervicale, duex vertèbres dorsales, six caudales et peut-être une scarée, une vingtaine d'ostéodermes (n CB 16460)" (pg. 135).
Reptilia - Helodermatidae
Helodermatidae indet. Gray 1837
Augé 2005 4 specimens
three dorsal vertebrae, one caudal
Reptilia
Saniwa sp. Leidy 1870
Augé 1990 2 specimens
2 caudal vertebrae (CB 16458, 16459)
Saniwa orsmaelensis Dollo 1923
Augé 2005 2 specimens
IRScNB CB 16459 and 16458, two caudal vertebrae
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguidae indet. Gray 1825
Augé 1990 13 specimens
13 caudal vertebrae
Glyptosaurinae indet. Marsh 1872
Augé 1990 4 specimens
four dorsal vertebrae (CV 16451)
Melanosaurini indet. Sullivan 1979
Augé 1990 1 specimen
"un fragement de toit crânien (n CB 16452), nombreux ostéodermes (n CB 16454 et CB 16453)" (pg. 126)
cf. Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
Augé 1990 24 specimens
18 dorsal vertebrae (CB 1617), 6 osteoderms (CB 1618)
cf. Anguis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Augé 1990 3 specimens
three dorsal vertebrae (CB 16455, 16456)
Anguini indet. Augé 2005
Augé 2005
Reptilia
Placosaurus quercyi Filhol 1882
Augé 1990 16 specimens
recombined as Paraplacosauriops quercyi
"un dentaire droit incomplet (n CB 16445); cinq ostéodermes céphaliques (CB 16449 et CB 16450); dix ostéodermes du tronc (n CB 16447, CB 16448 et CB 16449)." (pg. 124)
Reptilia - Blanidae
Amphisbaenidae indet. Gray 1865
Augé 1990 11 specimens
1 incomplete left dentary (CB 1616), one dentary (CB 16461), 9 dorsal vertebrae (CB 1615)
    = Blanosaurus primeocaenus Folie et al. 2013
Folie et al. 2013
Two dentaries including MNHN CB 1616 and CB 16461, and nine trunk vertebrae including MNHN CB 1615
Reptilia - Eolacertidae
Eolacerta sp. Nöth 1940
Augé 2005 11 specimens
MNHN CB 16442, six dorsal vertebrae; two caudal vertebrae, ?three sacral vertebrae
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Plesiolacerta (aff. Plesiolacerta) lydekkeri (Hoffstetter 1942)
Augé 1990 12 specimens
"dix vertebres dorsales (une dorsale figurée, n CV 16442, autres dorsales, n CB 16443); deux vertèbres caudales, n CB16444" (pg. 122)
Reptilia - Iguanidae
Geiseltaliellus louisi n. sp. Auge 1990
Augé 1990 1 specimen
synonym of Geiseltaliellus longicaudus
an incomplete right dentary (CB 16436)
Reptilia - Agamidae
Tinosaurus sp. (Marsh 1872)
Augé 1990 3 specimens
two incomplete dentaries (CB 16437, 16438), one incomplete maxilla (CB 16439)
    = Tinosaurus europeocaenus Auge and Smith 1997
Augé 2005
Reptilia - Tropidophiidae
Dunnophis matronensis Rage 1973
Rage 1973
Rage (1973) mentions "nombreuses vertèbres" which come from Condé-en-Brie and other localities in the Paris Basin, but does not give details on specimen and catalogue numbers for individual localities
Reptilia - Boidae
Calamagras gallicus Rage 1977
Rage 1977
Rage (1977) mentions a total of 30 referred vertebrae which come from Condé-en-Brie and other localities in the Paris Basin, but does not give details on specimen and catalogue numbers for individual localities
Reptilia - Russellophiidae
Russellophis tenuis n. gen., n. sp. Rage 1975
Rage 1975 4 elements
Holotype: 1 mid-trunk vertebra (MNHN CB 1603); referred material: 2 further trunk vertebrae and 1 caudal vertebra (no catalogue no. given)
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Palaeotrionyx vittatus (Pomel 1847)
Broin 1977
recombined as Axestemys vittata
Broin 1977
Reptilia - Testudines
Allaeochelys sp. Noulet 1867
Broin 1977
Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Neochelys eocaenica (de Stefano 1902)
Lapparent de Broin 2003
original and current combination Cistudo eocaenica
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
Paschatherium levei n. sp. Hooker and Russell 2012
Hooker and Russell 2012
MNHN.F.CB-303 - type (right dentary with P4–M1); paratypes: LP4, MNHN.F.CEB-314; RP4, MNHN.F. Condé-1170-Levé; LM1, MNHN.F.CB-313; RM1, MNHN.F.CB-824; LM2, MNHN.F.CB-312; RM2, MNHN.F.CB-315; LM3, MNHN.F.Condé-24-Levé; RM3, MNHN.F.PCB-0030; LP4, MNHN.F.CEB-321; LM1, MNHN.F.CB-1088; LM2, MNHN.F.Condé-137-Levé; RM2, MNHN.F.CB-1039; LM3, MNHN.F.Condé- 1016-Levé; RM3, MNHN.F.CB-1220
Mammalia - Diacodexeidae
Diacodexis varleti Sudre 1983
Sudre and Erfurt 1996
Mammalia - Creodonta
Morlodon vellerei Solé 2013
Solé 2013
MNHN MCB 0042, 4697, 1122, 415, 4939, 994 and 1546
Mammalia
Uintacyon hookeri Solé 2014
Solé 2014
Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Platychoerops daubrei (Lemoine 1880)
Gingerich 1976
Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae
Arcius lapparenti (Russell et al. 1967)
López-Torres and Silcox 2018
original and current combination Phenacolemur lapparenti
Arcius fuscus (Russell et al. 1967)
López-Torres and Silcox 2018
Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae
Agerinia sp. Crusafont-Pairó and Golpe-Posse 1973
Femenias-Gual et al. 2017
Mammalia - Esthonychidae
Plesiesthonyx munieri Lemoine 1891
Hooker 2010
recombined as Esthonyx munieri
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Picardie
Coordinates: 49.0° North, 3.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.5° North, 0.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:MP 8 + 9
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: "early Eocene, MP 8-9"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:MNHN
Metadata
Database number:84997
Authorizer:J. Alroy, R. Butler, P. Mannion, J. Mueller, P. Barrett, D. Nicholson, J. Head, P. Holroyd Enterer:J. Alroy, R. Butler, P. Mannion, T. Cleary, D. Nicholson, P. Holroyd, J. Head, T. Liebrecht
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-11-19 17:48:56 Last modified:2008-11-19 19:48:56
Access level:the public Released:2008-11-19 17:48:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
28522. G. Mayr and C. Mourer-Chauviré. 2004. Osteology and systematic position of the Eocene Primobucconidae (Aves, Coraciiformes sensu stricto), with first records from Europe. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2(1):1-12 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

43530 M. Augé. 1990. La faune de lézards et d'amphisbaenes ed l'Eocene inférieur de Condé-en-Brie (France). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris. 4 séries 12(2):111-141 [J. Head/J. Head]
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]
62202 J. Femenias-Gual, R. Minwer-Barakat, J. Marigó, M. Poyatos-Moré, and S. Moyà-Solà. 2017. Agerinia marandati sp. nov., a new early Eocene primate from the Iberian Peninsula, sheds new light on the evolution of the genus Agerinia. PeerJ 5:e3239:1-35 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
54400 A. Folie, R. Smith, and T. Smith. 2013. New amphisbaenian lizards from the Early Paleogene of Europe and their implications for the early evolution of modern amphisbaenians. Geologica Belgica 16(4):227-235 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
1635 P. D. Gingerich. 1976. Cranial Anatomy and Evolution of Early Tertiary Plesiadapidae (Mammalia, Primates). University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 15:1-141 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]
60859 J. J. Hooker. 2010. The mammal fauna of the early Eocene Blackheath Formation of Abbey Wood, London. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 165:1-162 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
43830 J. J. Hooker and D. E. Russell. 2012. Early Palaeogene Louisinidae (Macroscelidea, Mammalia), their relationships and north European diversity. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164:856-936 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
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]
66265 S. López-Torres and M. T. Silcox. 2018. The European Paromomyidae (Primates, Mammalia): taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeographic implications. Journal of Paleontology [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
55138 J.-C. Rage. 1973. Présence de Dunnophis (Reptilia, Serpentes) dans l'Eocène et l'Oligocène européen. Compte Rendu sommaire des séances de la Société Géologique de France 1973(3):76-78 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/T. Liebrecht]
16831 J.-C. Rage. 1975. Un Caenophidien primitif (Reptilia, Serpentes) dans l’Eocène inférieur. Compte Rendu Sommaire des Séances de la Société Géologique de France 17(2):46-47 [J. Head/J. Head]
7882 J.-C. Rage. 1977. An erycine snake (Boidae) of the genus Calamagras from the French lower Eocene, with comments on the phylogeny of the Erycinae. Herpetologica 33(4):459-463 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Alroy]
60835 F. Solé. 2013. New proviverrine genus from the Early Eocene of Europe and the first phylogeny of Late Palaeocene–Middle Eocene hyaenodontidans (Mammalia). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11(4):375-398 [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]
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]