Carrière de Cuis (Eocene of France)

Also known as Cuis quarry

Where: Marne, France (49.0° N, 4.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 1.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP10 mammal zone, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Cuisian (Ypresian), late Early Eocene

• bed-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 35540: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.12.2003, edited by David Nicholson, Terri Cleary, Patricia Holroyd, Richard Butler, Philip Mannion and Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cimolesta - Apatemyidae
Heterohyus sp. Gervais 1848 eutherian
 Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Dissacus filholi9 Lemoine 1891 condylarth
 Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Diacodexis cf. varleti10 Sudre 1983 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Choeropotamidae
Cuisitherium lydekkeri10 Lemoine 1891 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
Protodichobune oweni10 Lemoine 1878 even-toed ungulate
Aumelasia menieli10 Sudre 1983 even-toed ungulate
Eurodexis cf. russelli10 Sudre and Erfurt 1996 even-toed ungulate
Cuis 169, 14722, 14723
 Theriamorpha -
Uintacyon hookeri n. sp.7 Solé 2014 placental
MNHN.F.Cui14837
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
"Oxyaena menui n. sp." = Matthodon menui6, Oxyaenoides lindgreni8
"Oxyaena menui n. sp." = Matthodon menui6 Rich 1971 creodont
MNHN.F.1939-586 - type; referred specimen: MNHN.F.Cui14838
Oxyaenoides lindgreni8 Rich 1971 creodont
MNHN.F.L-23-Cuis
Reptilia
 Squamata - Necrosauridae
Necrosaurus sp.1 Filhol 1876 squamates
 Squamata -
Saniwa indet.1 Leidy 1870 squamates
 Testudines - Podocnemididae
Neochelys eocaenica4 de Stefano 1902 sideneck turtle
 Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Allaeochelys sp.2 Noulet 1867 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
"Trionyx michauxi" = Trionyx silvestris2
"Trionyx michauxi" = Trionyx silvestris2 Walker and Moody 1974 softshell turtle
 Testudines -
? Euroemys sp.3 Hervet 2004 turtle
MNHN GR 9287, 9297
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Pelorochelon cf. eocaenica5 Hummel 1935 turtle
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Palaeochelys sp.2 Meyer 1847 turtle