Fordones: Early/Lower Eocene, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Pseudorhyncocyonidae
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Fordonia lavocati n. gen., n. sp.
Marandat 1989
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| USTL.FDN-132 - holotype (Left P4); paratype: USTL.FDN-133 (right P4 trigonid) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Apatemyidae
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cf. Apatemys sp.
Marsh 1872
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Marandat 1991 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cimolestidae
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Ilerdoryctes sigei n. gen., n. sp.
Marandat 1989
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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Marandat 1991 | |||||||||
| cited as "Eochiroptera, fam., gen. et sp. indet 1 et 2" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
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cf. Hyracolestes sp.
Matthew and Granger 1925
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Marandat 1991 | |||||||||
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= Parvagula palulae
Lange-Badré 1987
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Solé et al. 2015 | |||||||||
| UM/ FDN 153 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Paschatherium plaziati n. sp.
Marandat 1989
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Paschatherium russelli
Godinot 1978
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Marandat 1991 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Diacodexis cf. gazini
Godinot 1978
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Marandat 1991 | |||||||||
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= Diacodexis aff. antunesi
Estravís and Russell 1989
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Boivin et al. 2018 | |||||||||
| UM FDN 122-125, 251-255, 279, 280 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Nyctitheriidae
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Saturninia sp.
Stehlin 1940
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Marandat 1991 | |||||||||
| cited as "Saturninia sp. or Leptacodon sp." | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Pseudoparamys cezannei
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Marandat 1991 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Microparamys (Corbarimys) hottingeri n. sp.
Marandat 1989
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Adapidae
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Adapidae indet.
Trouessart 1879
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Marandat 1991 | |||||||||
| cited as "Adapidae gen. et sp. indet." | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
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Donrussellia magna
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Marandat 1991 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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? Arcius rougieri
Godinot 1984
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Marandat 1991 | |||||||||
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= Arcius rougieri
Godinot 1984
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López-Torres and Silcox 2018 | |||||||||
| FDN28 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Adapisoriculidae
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cf. Adapisoriculus sp.
Lemoine 1885
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Marandat 1991 | |||||||||
| cited as "cf. Adapisoriculus sp." | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
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Peradectes sp.
Matthew and Granger 1921
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Marandat 1991 | |||||||||
| cited as "Peradectes sp. indet." | ||||||||||
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Peratherium constans
Teilhard de Jardin 1927
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Marandat 1991 | |||||||||
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Amphiperatherium cf. brabantense
Crochet 1979
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Marandat 1991 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Corbieres |
| Coordinates: | 43.1° North, 2.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.5° North, 0.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Calcaire de Ventenac |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified silty "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 92838 | ||
| Authorizer: | K. Beard, P. Mannion | Enterer: | K. Beard, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-12-01 13:14:37 | Last modified: | 2016-11-16 10:42:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-12-01 13:14:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31335. | B. Marandat. 1989. Mammiferes nouveaux de l'Ilerdien des Corbieres et du Minervois (Bas-Languedoc, France). Palaeovertebrata 19(3):161-167 [K. Beard/K. Beard] |
Secondary references:
| 66245 | M. Boivin, M. J. Orliac, M. Antunes Telles, M. Godinot, Y. Laurent, B. Marandat, D. Vidalenc and R. Tabuce. 2018. New material of Diacodexis (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the early Eocene of Southern Europe. Geobios 51(4):285-306 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 56880 | J. J. Hooker. 2013. Origin and evolution of the Pseudorhyncocyonidae, a European Paleogene family of insectivorous placental mammals. Palaeontology 56(4):807-835 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 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] | |
| 31336 | B. Marandat. 1991. Mammiferes de l'Ilerdien moyen (Eocene inferieur) des Corbieres et du Minervois (Bas-Languedoc, France): Systematique, biostratigraphie, correlations. Palaeovertebrata 20(2-3):55-144 [K. Beard/K. Beard] | |
| 60843 | F. Solé, T. Smith, R. Tabuce and B. Marandat. 2015. New dental elements of the oldest proviverrine mammal from the early Eocene of Southern France support possible African origin of the subfamily. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(3):527-538 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |