Where: France (48.9° N, 2.2° E: paleocoordinates 45.7° N, 1.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• lower part of the Upper Lutetian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: L. Ginsburg, J. Arques, F. Broin, Y. Le Calez, J. Mouton, D. Obert, C. Privé-Gill and J.-P. Roucan. 1977. Découverte d’une faune de mammifères dans le Lutétien supérieur de la Défense, à Puteaux, près Paris (Hauts-de-Seine). Comptes Rendus sommaires des séances de la Société géologique de France 1977(6):311-313 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 184468: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 03.03.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Globothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Punica granatum | |
Punica granatum Linnaeus 1753 pomegranate | |
Angiospermae | |
Rutaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 citrus
Citrus sp. Linnaeus 1753 citrus | |
Mimosaceae indet. Brown 1814 | |
Echitonium michelotii dogbane | |
Pandanus lutetianus pandan | |
Poacites deletus grass | |
Mammalia | |
Quercygale helvetica Rütimeyer 1862 placental | |
Prodissopsalis sp., "Allopterodon cf. theriodis" = Eurotherium theriodis
Prodissopsalis sp. Matthes 1950 creodont
"Allopterodon cf. theriodis" = Eurotherium theriodis Van Valen 1965 creodont | |
Dichobune robertiana Gervais 1848 even-toed ungulate | |
Mixtotherium cf. priscum Stehlin 1908 even-toed ungulate | |
Leptotheridium cf. traguloides Stehlin 1910 even-toed ungulate | |
Paraplagiolophus codiciense, "Propalaeotherium cf. parvulum" = Eurohippus parvulus, Plagiolophus carteri, "Propalaeotherium isselanum" = Palaeotherium isselanum, "Anchilophus cf. depereti" = Metanchilophus depereti
Paraplagiolophus codiciense odd-toed ungulate
"Propalaeotherium cf. parvulum" = Eurohippus parvulus Laurillard 1849 odd-toed ungulate
Plagiolophus carteri odd-toed ungulate
"Propalaeotherium isselanum" = Palaeotherium isselanum Cuvier 1824 odd-toed ungulate
"Anchilophus cf. depereti" = Metanchilophus depereti Stehlin 1905 odd-toed ungulate | |
Reptilia | |
Pristichampsus cf. rollinati Gray 1831 crocodilian | |
Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847 crocodilian | |
Pelorochelon cf. eocaenica Hummel 1935 turtle |