PBDB Collection

Chéry-Chartreuve (Eocene of France)

Also known as Chéry Chartreuve

Where: Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie, France (49.3° N, 3.6° E: paleocoordinates 47.2° N, 0.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: MP 16 mammal zone, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: S. Hervet. 2004. Systématique du groupe "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) du Tertiaire d'Europe occidentale: principaux résultats [Systematic of the "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" group (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) from the Tertiary of Western Europe: principal results. Annales de Paléontologie 90(1):13-78 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 177581: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 05.04.2016, edited by Terri Cleary, Philip Mannion and Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names

unclassified
-	Triturinae indet.² Triturinae indet.²
Amphibia
Salientia - Pelobatidae	Pelobatidae indet.² Pelobatidae indet.² Lataste 1879 spadefoot toad
Salientia -	Thaumastosaurus sp.² Thaumastosaurus sp.² De Stefano 1903 frog
Reptilia
Squamata - Boidae	Calamagras sp.² Calamagras sp.² Cope 1873 dwarf boa
Squamata - Tropidophiidae	cf. Dunnophis sp.² cf. Dunnophis sp.² Hecht 1959 dwarf boa
Squamata - Lacertidae	cf. Dormaalisaurus sp.² cf. Dormaalisaurus sp.² Augé and Smith 2002 squamates
Squamata - Necrosauridae	Necrosaurus sp.¹ Necrosaurus sp.¹ Filhol 1876 squamates osteoderm
Squamata - Anguidae	cf. Anguis sp.², Glyptosaurinae indet.² cf. Anguis sp.² Linnaeus 1758 slow worm Glyptosaurinae indet.² Marsh 1872 squamates
Squamata - Iguanidae	Geiseltaliellus grisolli¹ Geiseltaliellus grisolli¹ Augé 2005 squamates MHNH, coll. Louis, incomplete premaxilla
Squamata - Gekkonidae	Gekkonidae indet.² Gekkonidae indet.² Gray 1825 gecko
Testudines -	Testudinoidea indet., Landreatchelys oweni Testudinoidea indet. Gray 1825 turtle Aquatic Testudinoidea indeterminate within the "Palaeochelys s.l. - Mauremys" group Landreatchelys oweni Lydekker 1889 turtle MNHN CHC 1A/1B, CHC 2, CHC 3, CHC 4
Testudines - Chelydridae	Chelydropsis aubasi n. sp.³ Chelydropsis aubasi n. sp.³ Joyce et al. 2022 turtle As no single element is diagnostic for Chelydropsis aubasi sp. nov. by itself, we here list 15 figured specimens from the type stratum and type locality as the syntype series: NMB CHC.3, a neural III and IV with partial right costal IV (Figure 2c); NMB CHC.15, a right peripheral I (Figure 3a); NMB CHC.13, a right peripheral II (Figure 3b); NMB CHC.27, a right peripheral III (Figure 3c); NMB CHC.23, a left peripheral IV and V (Figure 3d,e, respectively); NMB CHC.26, a left peripheral VI (Figure 3f); NMB CHC.4, a left peripheral VII (Figure 3g); NMB CHC.28, a right peripheral VIII (Figure 3h); NMB CHC.19, a left peripheral XI (Figure 3i); NMB CHC.2, a left epiplastron (Figure 4); NMB CHC.1, an entoplastron (Figure 4); NMB CHC.198, a left hyoplastron (Figure 4); NMB CHC.199, a partial right hyoplastron (Figure 4); NMB CHC.66, a partial left hypoplastron (Figure 4); NMB CHC.505, the lateral portion of a right hypoplastron (Figure 4), and NMB CHC.251, a partial left xiphiplastron (Figure 4).
Mammalia
Cimolesta - Apatemyidae	Heterohyus sp.² Heterohyus sp.² Gervais 1848 eutherian
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	Stehlinia sp.² Stehlinia sp.² Revilliod 1919 vesper bat
Chiroptera - Palaeochiropterygidae	Palaeochiropterygidae indet.² Palaeochiropterygidae indet.² Revilliod 1917 bat
Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae	Pachynolophinae indet.², Propalaeotherium sp.², Palaeotherium sp.² Pachynolophinae indet.² Paulow 1877 odd-toed ungulate Propalaeotherium sp.² Gervais odd-toed ungulate Palaeotherium sp.² Cuvier 1804 odd-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla -	Artiodactyla indet.² Artiodactyla indet.² Owen 1848 even-toed ungulate Pseudamphimeryx or Haplomeryx
Artiodactyla - Choeropotamidae	Amphirhagatherium louisi² Amphirhagatherium louisi² Sudre 1978 even-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Cebochoeridae	Cebochoerus sp.² Cebochoerus sp.² Gervais 1852 even-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Xiphodontidae	? Leptotheridium sp.² ? Leptotheridium sp.² Stehlin 1910 even-toed ungulate
Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae	cf. Saturninia ? grisollensis² cf. Saturninia ? grisollensis² placental
Rodentia - Theridomyidae	Pseudoltinomys "sp. 1"², Elfomys engesseri², Tardenomys chartreuvensis n. gen. n. sp.², Estellomys "nov. sp."², Suevosciurus sp.², Remys major n. sp.² Pseudoltinomys "sp. 1"² Lavocat 1951 rodent CHC228-230 Elfomys engesseri² Hooker and Weidmann 2007 rodent CHC237 Tardenomys chartreuvensis n. gen. n. sp.² Comte et al. 2012 rodent CHC166 - holotype Estellomys "nov. sp."² Hartenberger 1971 rodent CHC125-130 and 136-139 Suevosciurus sp.² Dehm 1937 rodent CHC60 Remys major n. sp.² Comte et al. 2012 rodent CHC121 - type
Rodentia - Pseudosciuridae	Treposciurus sp.², Protadelomys sp.² Treposciurus sp.² Schmidt-Kittler 1970 rodent CHC63 Protadelomys sp.² Hartenberger 1968 rodent CHC50-56 and 62
Rodentia - Gliridae	Glamys aff. robiacensis², Gliravus sp.² Glamys aff. robiacensis² Hartenberger 1965 dormouse CHC41-49 Gliravus sp.² Stehlin and Schaub 1951 dormouse CHC49
Rodentia - Ischyromyidae	Ailuravus subita n. sp.², Plesiarctomys huerzeleri² Ailuravus subita n. sp.² Comte et al. 2012 rodent CHC14 - type Plesiarctomys huerzeleri² Wood 1970 rodent CHC 86 and 88
Primates - Omomyidae	Pseudoloris parvulus² Pseudoloris parvulus² Filhol 1890 tarsier

¹Augé 2005; ²Comte et al. 2012; ³Joyce et al. 2022