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
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fine channel fill; lenticular, gray sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Preservation: soft parts, amber
Collected in 1997 and 1998; 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 68174: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 06.01.2007, edited by Terri Cleary, Philip Mannion, John Alroy and Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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? Russelophiidae indet., Mallophaga indet., Microlepidoptera indet., Plantae indet., "Gymnospermae indet." = Pinophyta
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Angiospermae | |
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Actinopteri | |
Percoidei indet. Bleeker 1859 perch-like fish | |
Cyclurus sp. Agassiz 1839 bowfin | |
Amphibia | |
Pelobatidae indet. Lataste 1879 spadefoot toad | |
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Salamandroidea indet. Noble 1931 salamander | |
Reptilia | |
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Merovemys ploegi n. gen. n. sp.6
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? Cordylidae indet. Gray 1837 spinytail lizard | |
? Iguanidae indet. Oppel 1811 squamates | |
Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825 gecko | |
? Necrosaurus indet. Filhol 1876 squamates | |
Placosaurus sp. Gervais 1852 squamates
? Anguinae indet. Gray 1825 squamates | |
Saniwa cf. orsmaelensis Dollo 1923 squamates | |
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 squamates
Plesiolacerta sp. Hoffstetter 1942 squamates | |
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Dunnophis matronensis Rage 1973 dwarf boa | |
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Aves | |
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Reptilia | |
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Mammalia | |
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884 multituberculate | |
Esthonyx sp. Cope 1874 tillodont | |
cf. Apatotheria indet. eutherian | |
Pantodonta indet. pantodont | |
cf. Macrocranion sp. Weitzel 1949 elephant shrew | |
Hyopsodus sp. Leidy 1870 condylarth | |
Cantius sp. Simons 1962 primate | |
Teilhardina aff. belgica Teilhard de Chardin 1927 tarsier | |
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Oxyaena woutersi7 Lange-Badré and Godinot 1982 creodont MNHN QNY2-2568, 2527, 2569, 2561, 2603, 2584, 2586, 2598, 2551, 2571, 2574, 2590, 2572, 2573, 2600, 2503, 2549, 2622, 2565, 2595, 2579, 2524, 2526, 2636, 2633, 2635 and 2638
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Arfia gingerichi8 Smith and Smith 2001 creodont MNHN QNY2- 2504, 2508, 2514, 2570, 2617, 2623 and 2625
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Gracilocyon solei9 Smith and Smith 2010 placental MNHN QNY2- 2520, 2517, 2546, 2510, 2618, 2522, 2528 and 2533
Vassacyon taxidiotis n. sp.9 Solé et al. 2013 placental MNHN QNY2-2548 - type; referred specimens: MNHN QNY2-2547, 2505, 2532, 2535, 2502 and 2507
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Diacodexis sp. Cope 1882 even-toed ungulate | |
cf. Landenodon sp. Quinet 1968 condylarth | |
Pliolophus quesnoyensis n. sp.4
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cf. Pachynolophus sp. Pomel 1847 odd-toed ungulate | |
Palaeosinopa sp. Matthew 1901 placental | |
Wyonycteris sp. Gingerich 1987 placental
Leptacodon sp. Matthew and Granger 1921 placental | |
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Arthropoda indet. Latreille 1829 300 arthropod species; hexapods, mites, spiders, and a pseudoscorpion
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Arachnida | |
"Acarina indet." = Acari
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Hexapoda | |
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Collembola | |
Collembola indet. springtail | |
Insecta | |
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"Blattoidea indet." = Blattodea
"Blattoidea indet." = Blattodea Latreille 1810 cockroach | |
"Mastotermitidae indet." = Mastotermitinae
"Mastotermitidae indet." = Mastotermitinae Desneux 1904 termite | |
Kalotermitidae indet. Froggatt 1897 termite | |
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Ponerinae indet.2 Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau 1835 ant nearly all modern subfamilies of Formicidae present
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Scolebythidae indet. Evans 1963 wasp | |
Cerambycidae indet. Latreille 1802 longhorned beetle | |
Bupestridae indet. Kiesenwetter 1852 soldier beetle | |
Libelluloidea indet. true dragonfly | |
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Plecia sp. Wiedemann 1823 love bug |