Templeuve (Paleocene of France)

Where: Nord, France (50.5° N, 3.2° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 0.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tuffeau de St Omer Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• middle Thanetian (NP8 biozone; ~58 Ma); MP6

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Smith and R. Smith. 2003. Terrestrial mammals as biostratigraphic indicators in upper Paleocene-lower Eocene marine deposits of the southern North Sea Basin. Geological Society of America Special Paper 369:513-520 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 68429: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.01.2007, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Gnathostomata
  -
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish
Aves
 Aves -
Aves "indet. species B" bird
IRSNB Av 226
Aves "indet. species C" bird
IRSNB Av 227
 Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Pelagornithidae indet. Fürbringer 1888 bird
IRSNB Av 225
 Neornithes - Lithornithidae
Lithornithidae indet. Houde 1988 bird
IRSNB Av 218-222 (and possibly 223 and 224 too)
Mammalia
 Primates - Toliapinidae
Sarnacius aff. gingerichi Russell 1981 primate
 Primates -
Berruvius cf. lasseroni Russell 1964 primate