Sézanne (Eocene of France)

Also known as Sezanne; Sézanne-Broyes

Where: Champagne-Ardenne, France (48.7° N, 3.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.2° N, 1.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; travertine

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J.-C. Rage. 1977. An erycine snake (Boidae) of the genus Calamagras from the French lower Eocene, with comments on the phylogeny of the Erycinae. Herpetologica 33(4):459-463 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28546: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 18.02.2003, edited by Torsten Liebrecht, Terri Cleary and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Dissacus cf. raslanloubatieri4 Solé et al. 2018 condylarth
MNHN.F.SZ16969
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
Eurodexis cf. russelli5 Sudre and Erfurt 1996 even-toed ungulate
? Aumelasia menieli5 Sudre 1983 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Choeropotamidae
Cuisitherium lydekkeri5 Lemoine 1891 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Diacodexis cf. varleti5 Sudre 1983 even-toed ungulate
 Primates - Paromomyidae
Arcius fuscus3 Russell et al. 1967 primate
Arcius lapparenti3 Russell et al. 1967 primate
 Cimolesta - Esthonychidae
"Plesiesthonyx munieri" = Esthonyx munieri2
"Plesiesthonyx munieri" = Esthonyx munieri2 Lemoine 1891 tillodont
Reptilia
 Squamata - Agamidae
Tinosaurus europeocaenus1 Auge and Smith 1997 squamates
MNHN SZ 16467, maxilla fragment
 Squamata - Boidae
Calamagras gallicus Rage 1977 dwarf boa
Rage (1977) mentions a total of 30 referred vertebrae which come from Sézanne and other localities in the Paris Basin, but does not give details on specimen and catalogue numbers for each locality