Saint-Martin-de-Londres: Ypresian - Lutetian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii indet. Cope 1887
Crochet et al. 1988
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Neobatrachia indet. Reig 1958
Crochet et al. 1988
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Crochet et al. 1988
Reptilia
Iberosuchus sp. Antunes 1975
Martin 2016
SMF 181, 203, 206
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
Crochet et al. 1988
synonym of Testudines
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Eochiroptera indet. Van Valen 1979
Crochet et al. 1988
SMF 1-5
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Archaeonycteridae
Palaeochiropteryx sp. Revilliod 1917
Crochet et al. 1988
SMF 6-10
Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae
? Paromomyidae indet. Simpson 1940
Crochet et al. 1988
SMF 11, 13 and 156
Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae
Europolemur cf. klatti Weigelt 1933
Crochet et al. 1988
SMF 153 and 154
Anchomomys informal n. sp.
Crochet et al. 1988
SMF 25-27, 151 and 152
Mammalia - Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Theridomyidae indet. Alston 1876
Crochet et al. 1988
Mammalia - Rodentia - Pseudosciuridae
Protadelomys cf. alsaticus Hartenberger 1969
Crochet et al. 1988
SMF 58-61
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Microparamys sp. Wood 1959
Crochet et al. 1988
SMF 57
Mammalia - Pantolestidae
? Pantolestidae indet. Cope 1884
Crochet et al. 1988
SMF 14, 19 and 20
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
Saturninia sp. Stehlin 1940
Crochet et al. 1988
SMF 16-18 and 21
Mammalia - Creodonta
Proviverra typica Rütimeyer 1862
Crochet et al. 1988
SMF 55
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
cf. Oxyaenoides schlosseri Rütimeyer 1891
Solé et al. 2015
LPUM SMF 54; described by Crochet et al. (1988) as Oxyaenoides sp.
Mammalia - Dichobunidae
cf. Hyperdichobune sp. Stehlin 1910
Crochet et al. 1988
    = Eurodexeinae indet. Erfurt and Sudre 1996
Luccisano et al. 2020
UM-SMF 204
Cebochoerus cf. dawsoni
Crochet et al. 1988
    = Eurodexeinae indet. Erfurt and Sudre 1996
Luccisano et al. 2020
UM-SMF 205
Dichobune robertiana Gervais 1848
Crochet et al. 1988
    = Dichobune aff. robertiana Gervais 1848
Luccisano et al. 2020
UM SMF 107 and 108
Mammalia - Choeropotamidae
Dacrytheriidae informal indet. 1 Deperet 1917
Crochet et al. 1988
    = Lophiobunodon minervoisensis Deperet 1908
Luccisano et al. 2020
UM-SMF 106, 112, 132, 227, 228
Dacrytheriidae informal indet. 2 Deperet 1917
Crochet et al. 1988
    = Lophiobunodon minervoisensis Deperet 1908
Luccisano et al. 2020
Lophiodon cf. tapirotherium Desmarest 1822
Crochet et al. 1988
    = Lophiobunodon minervoisensis Deperet 1908
Luccisano et al. 2020
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Propalaeotherium isselanum (Cuvier 1824)
Crochet et al. 1988
original and current combination Palaeotherium isselanum
SMF 62
Pachynolophus cf. duvali Pomel 1847
Crochet et al. 1988
SMF 65, 67 and 68
Propalaeotherium sudrei Remy et al. 2016
UM-SMF 63 and 64; described by Crochet et al. (1988) as Propalaeotherium cf. parvulum
Mammalia
Amphiperatherium goethei Crochet 1979
Crochet et al. 1988
SMF 51
Amphiperatherium giselense Heller 1936
Crochet et al. 1988
SMF 52
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae
Galba aquensis
Crochet et al. 1988
Galba aquensis michelini
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Australorbis pseudoammonius
Crochet et al. 1988
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Languedoc-Roussillon County:Hérault
Coordinates: 43.8° North, 3.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.8° North, 0.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Ypresian - Lutetian
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: late Ypresian-early Lutetian according to Luccisano et al. (2020)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: "palustrine"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Saint-Martin de Londres; Saint Martin; St Martin; St-Martin
Database number:182519
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-11-03 12:38:26 Last modified:2020-08-25 10:09:31
Access level:the public Released:2016-11-03 12:38:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
60705. J. A. Remy, G. Krasovec, and B. Marandat. 2016. A new species of Propalaeotherium (Palaeotheriidae, Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Middle Eocene locality of Aumelas (Hérault, France). Palaeovertebrata 40(2) [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

60883 J.-Y. Crochet, M. Godinot, J.-L. Hartenberger, J. A. Remy, B. Sigé and J. Sudre. 1988. Découverte dans le bassin de Saint-Martin-de-Londres (Hérault, Sud de la France) d'un gisement à vertébrés continentaux d'âge Eocène moyen. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 107:419-434 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
73551 V. Luccisano, J. Sudre, and F. Lihoreau. 2020. Revision of the Eocene artiodactyls (Mammalia, Placentalia) from Aumelas and Saint-Martin-de-Londres (Montpellier limestones, Hérault, France) questions the early European artiodactyl radiation. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18(19):1631-1656 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
62731 J. E. Martin. 2016. New material of the ziphodont mesoeucrocodylian Iberosuchus from the Eocene of Languedoc, southern France. Annales de Paléontologie 102:135-144 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
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]