Gland (Marne) (Eocene of France)

Where: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France (47.8° N, 4.2° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 1.5° E)

• 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 179145: authorized by Paul Barrett, entered by Terri Cleary on 02.06.2016, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Primates - Paromomyidae
Arcius lapparenti, Arcius fuscus
Arcius lapparenti Russell et al. 1967 primate
Arcius fuscus Russell et al. 1967 primate
Reptilia
 Squamata - Amphisbaenidae
Amphisbaenidae indet.
Amphisbaenidae indet. Gray 1865 worm lizard
dorsal vertebra
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguini indet.
Anguini indet. Augé 2005 squamates
 Squamata - Necrosauridae
Necrosaurus sp.
Necrosaurus sp. Filhol 1876 squamates
two osteoderms
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Dormaalisaurus sp.
Dormaalisaurus sp. Augé and Smith 2002 squamates
two incomplete maxillae
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Geiseltaliellus sp.
Geiseltaliellus sp. Kuhn 1944 squamates
a premaxilla, some jaw fragments with teeth; unclear exactly how many specimens