Where: Oise, France (49.3° N, 2.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 0.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Argiles d'lignite du Soissonnais Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• MP7 early Ypresian
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•reworked Thanetian deposits
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fine channel fill; lenticular, gray sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the MNHN
Collection methods: bulk,
• Screen-washing noted by Gheerbrant et al. 2005
Primary reference: A. Nel, G. de Plöeg, J. Dejax, D. Duthiel, D. Franceschi, E. Gheerbrant, M. Godinot, S. Hervet, J.-J. Menier, M. Augé, G. Bignot, C. Cavagnetto, S. Duffaud, J. Gaudant, S. Hua, A. Jossang, F. Lapparent Broin, J.-P. Pozzi, J.-C. Paicheler, F. Beuchet, and J.-C. Rage. 1999. Un gisement sparnacien exceptionnel à plantes, arthropodes et vertébrés (Éocène basal, MP7): Le Quesnoy (Oise, France). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science 329(1):65-72 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 68175: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 06.01.2007, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray | |
Notorynchus sp. Ayers 1855 cow shark | |
Striatolamia striata Winkler 1874 goblin shark
Anomotodon novus goblin shark | |
Otodus obliquus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark | |
Isurolamna inflata mackerel shark | |
Palaeohypotodus rutoti Winkler 1878 sand tiger shark | |
Palaeogaleus vincenti Daimeries 1889 hound shark
Pachygaleus lefevrei Daimeries 1891 hound shark | |
Heterodontus sp. de Blainville 1816 bullhead shark | |
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark | |
"Megasqualus orpiensis" = Squalus orpiensis
"Megasqualus orpiensis" = Squalus orpiensis Winkler 1874 dogfish shark |