Cesseras (Eocene of France)

Where: Herault, France (43.3° N, 2.7° E: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 1.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: M. Richard. 1946. Contribution a l'étude du basin d'Aquitaine, Les Gisements de Mammiferes Tertiares. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France, Nouvelle Serie 24(52):1-380 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 78252: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.01.2008

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae
Lophiodon leptorhynchum Filhol 1888 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
"Propalaeotherium cf. isselanum" = Palaeotherium isselanum Cuvier 1824 odd-toed ungulate
Pachynolophus duvali Pomel 1847 odd-toed ungulate
Propalaeotherium sp. Gervais odd-toed ungulate