Avenay (Eocene of France)

Where: Marne, France (49.1° N, 4.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 1.3° E)

When: Lignites de Soissonais Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• late Sparnacian, NP12, MP8+9 (Smith & Smith, 2003)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: J. J. Hooker. 1994. The beginning of the equoid radiation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 112:29-63 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 220833: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 17.06.2021

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla -
Hallensia louisi Hooker 1994 odd-toed ungulate
MNHN.Av-4770; MNHN.Av-841-Ph; BMNH.M51708; MNHN.Av-65519; MNHN.Av-(61)14685