Also known as Avenay-Val-d’Or
Where: Marne, France (49.1° N, 4.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 1.3° E)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• small collection-level geographic resolution
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: D. E. Russell, M. Godinot, P. Louis and D. E. Savage. 1979. Apatotheria (Mammalia) de l'Eocène inférieur de France et de Belgique. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, section C: Science de la Terre 1(3):203-243 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35535: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.12.2003, edited by Philip Mannion, John Alroy, K. Christopher Beard, Jason Head, Torsten Liebrecht, Terri Cleary, David Nicholson, Patricia Holroyd and Richard Butler
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Calamagras gallicus10 Rage 1977 dwarf boa Rage (1977) mentions a total of 30 referred vertebrae which come from Avenay and other localities in the Paris Basin, but does not give details on specimen and catalogue numbers for individual localities
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Dunnophis matronensis9 Rage 1973 dwarf boa Rage (1973) mentions "nombreuses vertèbres" which come from Avenay and other localities in the Paris Basin, but does not give details on specimen and catalogue numbers for individual localities
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"Geiseltaliellus louisi" = Geiseltaliellus longicaudus1
"Geiseltaliellus louisi" = Geiseltaliellus longicaudus1 Kuhn 1944 squamates 1 right dentary (n AV 16462)
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Heterohyus "sp. I", Heterohyus "sp. II", Heterohyus "sp. III", Apatemys mutiniacus n. sp., Apatemys sigogneaui n. sp.
Heterohyus "sp. I" Gervais 1848 eutherian
Heterohyus "sp. II" Gervais 1848 eutherian
Heterohyus "sp. III" Gervais 1848 eutherian
Apatemys mutiniacus n. sp. Russell et al. 1979 eutherian
Apatemys sigogneaui n. sp. Russell et al. 1979 eutherian | |
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"Franchaius minimus" = Plesiesthonyx minimus5
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Archaeonycteris brailloni n. sp.12
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cf. Preregidens langebadrae16 Solé et al. 2015 creodont MNHN.F.Av5773; Rich (1971) referred the specimen to ‘cf. Deltatheridia or Carnivora’
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Uintacyon hookeri15 Solé 2014 placental MNHN.F.Av5005, Av5006, Av5734, Av5817, Av4969, Av5820, Av4934, Av229BN, Av4756, Av15820
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Platychoerops daubrei4 Lemoine 1880 primate specimens are in the MNHN and/or the Louis private collection
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