Saint-Agnan (Eocene of France)

Also known as Saint Agnan

Where: France (49.0° N, 3.6° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 0.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• early Eocene, MP 8-9

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: F. Solé. 2013. New proviverrine genus from the Early Eocene of Europe and the first phylogeny of Late Palaeocene–Middle Eocene hyaenodontidans (Mammalia). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11(4):375-398 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182640: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 16.11.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Primates - Paromomyidae
Arcius fuscus2 Russell et al. 1967 primate
Arcius lapparenti2 Russell et al. 1967 primate
 Creodonta -
Morlodon vellerei n. gen. n. sp.
Morlodon vellerei n. gen. n. sp. Solé 2013 creodont
MNHN StA 741-L - holotype; referred specimens: MNHN StA 326-330
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
Eurodexis cf. russelli3 Sudre and Erfurt 1996 even-toed ungulate
SA 566
Protodichobune oweni3 Lemoine 1878 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Diacodexis cf. varleti3 Sudre 1983 even-toed ungulate
 Cimolesta - Esthonychidae
"Plesiesthonyx munieri" = Esthonyx munieri1
"Plesiesthonyx munieri" = Esthonyx munieri1 Lemoine 1891 tillodont