Conglomérat de Cernay
Appearance
Conglomérat de Cernay | |
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Stratigraphic range: Thanetian ~ | |
Type | Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Conglomerate |
Location | |
Coordinates | 49°18′N 4°06′E / 49.3°N 4.1°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 43°48′N 1°42′E / 43.8°N 1.7°E |
Region | Champagne-Ardenne |
Country | ![]() |
Type section | |
Named for | Cernay-lès-Reims |
The Conglomérat de Cernay is a geologic formation in Champagne-Ardenne, northern France. It preserves fossils dating back to the Thanetian stage of the Paleocene period.[1] The lizard Cernaycerta and placental mammal Bustylus cernaysi are named after the formation.
Fossil content[edit]
The formation has provided fossils of:[1]
Mammals[edit]
- Primates
- Acreodi
- Eutheria
- Macroscelidea
- Multituberculata
- Perissodactyls
- Placentalia
- Theriiformes
Birds[edit]
Reptiles[edit]
- Crocodiles
- Lizards
- Turtles
Amphibians[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Conglomérat de Cernay at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Hooker et al., 1999
- ^ Gingerich, 1973
- ^ a b Gingerich, 1976
- ^ Russell, 1981
- ^ Solé et al., 2018
- ^ a b c d Russell, 1980
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Hooker & Russell, 2012
- ^ Vianey-Liaud, 1979
- ^ Codrea et al., 2014
- ^ Hooker, 2013
- ^ Gheerbrant & Russell, 1991
- ^ a b Gheerbrant & Russell, 1989
- ^ Szalay, 1969
- ^ Gheerbrant, 1991
- ^ a b c Mourer-Chauviré, 1994
- ^ a b Martin, 1992
- ^ Martin et al., 2014
- ^ Folie et al., 2013
- ^ a b c d Augé, 2005
- ^ Pérez García, 2012
- ^ Pérez García, 2020
- ^ a b Broin, 1977
- ^ a b c Estes et al., 1967
- ^ a b Rage, 2003
Bibliography[edit]
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- Martin, J. E.; Smith, T.; Lapparent Broin, F.; Escuillié, F.; Delfino, M. (2014), "Late Palaeocene eusuchian remains from Mont de Berru, France, and the origin of the alligatoroid Diplocynodon", Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 172: 867–891
- Folie, A.; Smith, R.; Smith, T. (2013), "New amphisbaenian lizards from the Early Paleogene of Europe and their implications for the early evolution of modern amphisbaenians", Geologica Belgica, 16: 227–235
- Hooker, J. J (2013), "Origin and evolution of the Pseudorhyncocyonidae, a European Paleogene family of insectivorous placental mammals", Palaeontology, 56: 807–835
- Hooker, J. J.; Russell, D. E. (2012), "Early Palaeogene Louisinidae (Macroscelidea, Mammalia), their relationships and north European diversity", Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 164: 856–936
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- Rage, J.-C (2003), "Oldest Bufonidae (Amphibia, Anura) from the Old World: a bufonid from the Paleocene of France", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 23: 462–463
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- Mourer-Chauviré, C (1994), "A large owl from the Paleocene of France", Palaeontology, 37: 339–348
- Martin, L. D (1992), "The status of the Late Paleocene birds Gastornis and Remiornis", Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (Sciences series), 36: 97–108
- Gheerbrant, E (1991), "Bustylus (Eutheria, Adapisoriculidae) and the absence of ascertained Marsupials in the Palaeocene of Europe", Terra Nova, 3: 586–592
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- Gheerbrant, E.; Russell, D. E. (1989), "Presence of the genus Afrodon [Mammalia, Lipotyphla (?), Adapisoriculidae] in Europe; new data for the problem of trans-Tethyan relations between Africa and Europe around the K/T boundary", Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 76: 1–15
- Russell, D. E (1981), "Un primate nouveau du Paléocène supérieur de France", Geobios, 14: 399–405
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- Szalay, F. S (1969), "Mixodectidae, Microsyopidae, and the insectivore-primate transition", Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 140: 193–330
- Estes, R.; Hecht, M.; Hoffstetter, R. (1967), "Paleocene amphibians from Cernay, France", American Museum Novitates, 2295: 1–25