PBDB Collection

Carrière "Grauves" (Eocene of France)

Also known as Grauves quarry, Cuis

Where: Marne, France (49.0° N, 4.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 1.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Cuisian (Ypresian), late Early Eocene: NP13, MP10 (Smith & Smith, 2003)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

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 35539: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.12.2003, edited by Torsten Liebrecht, Mark Uhen, John Alroy, Jason Head, David Nicholson, Terri Cleary, Patricia Holroyd and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Squamata - Iguanidae	"Geiseltaliellus louisi" = Geiseltaliellus longicaudus¹ "Geiseltaliellus louisi" = Geiseltaliellus longicaudus¹ Kuhn 1944 squamates dentary fragment (n GR 16465)
Squamata - Eolacertidae	Eolacerta sp.² Eolacerta sp.² Nöth 1940 squamates one dorsal vertebra
Squamata - Tropidophiidae	Dunnophis matronensis n. sp.⁹ Dunnophis matronensis n. sp.⁹ Rage 1973 dwarf boa Holotype: 1 mid-trunk vertebra (MNHN Gr 7892); referred specimens: Rage (1973) mentions "nombreuses vertèbres" which come from Grauves and other localities in the Paris Basin, but does not give details on specimen and catalogue numbers for individual localities
Squamata - Boidae	Calamagras gallicus n. sp.¹⁰ Calamagras gallicus n. sp.¹⁰ Rage 1977 dwarf boa Holotype: 1 caudal vertebra (MNHN Gr 7896); referred specimens: Rage (1977) mentions a total of 30 further vertebrae which come from Grauves and other localities in the Paris Basin, but does not give details on specimen and catalogue numbers for individual localities
Testudines - Testudinidae	Pelorochelon cf. eocaenica⁸ Pelorochelon cf. eocaenica⁸ Hummel 1935 turtle
Testudines -	? Euroemys sp.⁵, Owenemys sp.⁵ ? Euroemys sp.⁵ Hervet 2004 turtle MNHN MT 17366 Owenemys sp.⁵ Hervet 2004 turtle GR 9201
Testudines - Carettochelyidae	Allaeochelys sp.³ Allaeochelys sp.³ Noulet 1867 turtle
Testudines - Trionychidae	"Trionyx michauxi" = Trionyx silvestris³, "Palaeotrionyx vittatus" = Axestemys vittata³ "Trionyx michauxi" = Trionyx silvestris³ Walker and Moody 1974 softshell turtle "Palaeotrionyx vittatus" = Axestemys vittata³ Pomel 1847 softshell turtle
Testudines - Podocnemididae	Neochelys eocaenica⁷ Neochelys eocaenica⁷ de Stefano 1902 sideneck turtle
Mammalia
Rodentia - Ischyromyidae	Ailuravus michauxi¹² Ailuravus michauxi¹² Hartenberger 1975 rodent
Primates - Plesiadapidae	"Platychoerops ? richardsonii" = Platychoerops richardsoni⁴ "Platychoerops ? richardsonii" = Platychoerops richardsoni⁴ Charlesworth 1855 primate MNHN and Louis specimens from "Grauves": assigned to P. daubrei by Russell et al. (1967)
Primates - Notharctidae	Periconodon lemoinei n. sp.¹⁵ Periconodon lemoinei n. sp.¹⁵ Gingerich 1977 primate Louis specimens from "Grauves"
Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae	Leonhardtina godinoti n. sp.¹³, Matthodon menui¹³ Leonhardtina godinoti n. sp.¹³ Solé et al. 2014 creodont MNHN.F.L-195-Gr - type; listed as Prototomus cf. Protoproviverra palaeonictides in Rich (1971) Matthodon menui¹³ Rich 1971 creodont MNHN.F.L-68-GR
Tribosphenida - Phenacodontidae	Phenacodus sp.¹¹ Phenacodus sp.¹¹ Cope 1873 condylarth MNHN Louis-83 Gr
Artiodactyla - Choeropotamidae	Cuisitherium lydekkeri¹⁴ Cuisitherium lydekkeri¹⁴ Lemoine 1891 even-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae	Aumelasia menieli¹⁴, Protodichobune oweni¹⁴, Eurodexis cf. russelli¹⁴ Aumelasia menieli¹⁴ Sudre 1983 even-toed ungulate Protodichobune oweni¹⁴ Lemoine 1878 even-toed ungulate Eurodexis cf. russelli¹⁴ Sudre and Erfurt 1996 even-toed ungulate GR 811
Cimolesta - Apatemyidae	Heterohyus sp. Heterohyus sp. Gervais 1848 eutherian
Cimolesta - Esthonychidae	"Plesiesthonyx munieri" = Esthonyx munieri⁶ "Plesiesthonyx munieri" = Esthonyx munieri⁶ Lemoine 1891 tillodont

¹Augé 1990; ²Augé 2005; ³Broin 1977; ⁴Gingerich 1976; ⁵Hervet 2004; ⁶Hooker 2010; ⁷Lapparent de Broin 2003; ⁸Pérez-García et al. 2016; ⁹Rage 1973; ¹⁰Rage 1977; ¹¹Rich 1971; ¹²Smith and Smith 2003; ¹³Solé et al. 2014; ¹⁴Sudre and Erfurt 1996; ¹⁵Tattersall and Schwartz 1983