Brasles (Marne) (Eocene of France)

Also known as Sables de Brasles

Where: Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie, France (49.1° N, 3.4° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 40.1° N, 10.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MP 8 + 9 mammal zone, MP 8 + 9 (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• early Eocene, MP 8 + 9, Avenay level

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: M. L. Augé. 2005. Evolution des lézards du Paléogène en Europe. Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 192:1-369 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary/T. Cleary]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179143: authorized by Paul Barrett, entered by Terri Cleary on 02.06.2016, edited by Richard Butler

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Ferae -
Uintacyon hookeri Solé 2014 placental
Reptilia
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Geiseltaliellus sp. Kuhn 1944 squamates
incomplete right dentary, incomplete left maxilla
 Squamata -
Saniwa indet. Leidy 1870 squamates
caudal vertebra
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguini indet. Augé 2005 squamates