PBDB Collection

Condé-en-Brie (Eocene of France)

Where: Picardie, France (49.0° N, 3.6° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 0.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MP 8 + 9 (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• "early Eocene, MP 8-9"

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: G. Mayr and C. Mourer-Chauviré. 2004. Osteology and systematic position of the Eocene Primobucconidae (Aves, Coraciiformes sensu stricto), with first records from Europe. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2(1):1-12 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84997: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.11.2008, edited by Jason Head, Philip Mannion, Torsten Liebrecht, Terri Cleary, David Nicholson, Patricia Holroyd and Richard Butler

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
Coraciiformes - Primobucconidae	Primobucconidae indet. Primobucconidae indet. Feduccia and Martin 1976 bird tarsometatarsus
Reptilia
Testudines - Podocnemididae	Neochelys eocaenica⁹ Neochelys eocaenica⁹ de Stefano 1902 sideneck turtle
Testudines - Trionychidae	"Palaeotrionyx vittatus" = Axestemys vittata³, Trionyx sp.³ "Palaeotrionyx vittatus" = Axestemys vittata³ Pomel 1847 softshell turtle Trionyx sp.³ Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
Testudines - Carettochelyidae	Allaeochelys sp.³ Allaeochelys sp.³ Noulet 1867 turtle
Squamata - Necrosauridae	Necrosaurus sp.¹ Necrosaurus sp.¹ Filhol 1876 squamates une vertèbre cervicale, duex vertèbres dorsales, six caudales et peut-être une scarée, une vingtaine d'ostéodermes (n CB 16460)" (pg. 135).
Squamata - Helodermatidae	Helodermatidae indet.² Helodermatidae indet.² Gray 1837 squamates three dorsal vertebrae, one caudal
Squamata -	Saniwa sp.¹, Saniwa orsmaelensis² Saniwa sp.¹ Leidy 1870 squamates 2 caudal vertebrae (CB 16458, 16459) Saniwa orsmaelensis² Dollo 1923 squamates IRScNB CB 16459 and 16458, two caudal vertebrae
Squamata - Anguidae	Anguidae indet.¹, cf. Ophisaurus sp.¹, cf. Anguis sp.¹, Anguini indet.², Glyptosaurinae indet.¹, Melanosaurini indet.¹ Anguidae indet.¹ Gray 1825 squamates 13 caudal vertebrae cf. Ophisaurus sp.¹ Daudin 1803 glass lizard 18 dorsal vertebrae (CB 1617), 6 osteoderms (CB 1618) cf. Anguis sp.¹ Linnaeus 1758 slow worm three dorsal vertebrae (CB 16455, 16456) Anguini indet.² Augé 2005 squamates Glyptosaurinae indet.¹ Marsh 1872 squamates four dorsal vertebrae (CV 16451) Melanosaurini indet.¹ Sullivan 1979 squamates "un fragement de toit crânien (n CB 16452), nombreux ostéodermes (n CB 16454 et CB 16453)" (pg. 126)
Squamata - Lacertidae	Plesiolacerta (aff. Plesiolacerta) lydekkeri¹ Plesiolacerta (aff. Plesiolacerta) lydekkeri¹ Hoffstetter 1942 squamates "dix vertebres dorsales (une dorsale figurée, n CV 16442, autres dorsales, n CB 16443); deux vertèbres caudales, n CB16444" (pg. 122)
Squamata - Eolacertidae	Eolacerta sp.² Eolacerta sp.² Nöth 1940 squamates MNHN CB 16442, six dorsal vertebrae; two caudal vertebrae, ?three sacral vertebrae
Squamata - Tropidophiidae	Dunnophis matronensis¹¹ Dunnophis matronensis¹¹ Rage 1973 dwarf boa Rage (1973) mentions "nombreuses vertèbres" which come from Condé-en-Brie and other localities in the Paris Basin, but does not give details on specimen and catalogue numbers for individual localities
Squamata - Boidae	Calamagras gallicus¹³ Calamagras gallicus¹³ Rage 1977 dwarf boa Rage (1977) mentions a total of 30 referred vertebrae which come from Condé-en-Brie and other localities in the Paris Basin, but does not give details on specimen and catalogue numbers for individual localities
Squamata - Russellophiidae	Russellophis tenuis n. gen. n. sp.¹² Russellophis tenuis n. gen. n. sp.¹² Rage 1975 snake Holotype: 1 mid-trunk vertebra (MNHN CB 1603); referred material: 2 further trunk vertebrae and 1 caudal vertebra (no catalogue no. given)
Squamata -	Scincomorpha "indet. Forme A"², "Placosaurus quercyi" = Paraplacosauriops quercyi¹ Scincomorpha "indet. Forme A"² squamates MNHN CB 17400, three incomplete left dentaries. "Forme B" is found in Malperie (see Auge 2005 for comparison) "Placosaurus quercyi" = Paraplacosauriops quercyi¹ Filhol 1882 squamates "un dentaire droit incomplet (n CB 16445); cinq ostéodermes céphaliques (CB 16449 et CB 16450); dix ostéodermes du tronc (n CB 16447, CB 16448 et CB 16449)." (pg. 124)
Squamata - Iguanidae	"Geiseltaliellus louisi n. sp." = Geiseltaliellus longicaudus¹ "Geiseltaliellus louisi n. sp." = Geiseltaliellus longicaudus¹ Kuhn 1944 squamates an incomplete right dentary (CB 16436)
Squamata - Agamidae	Tinosaurus europeocaenus² Tinosaurus europeocaenus² Auge and Smith 1997 squamates two incomplete dentaries (CB 16437, 16438), one incomplete maxilla (CB 16439)
Squamata - Blanidae	Blanosaurus primeocaenus⁵ Blanosaurus primeocaenus⁵ Folie et al. 2013 worm lizard 1 incomplete left dentary (CB 1616), one dentary (CB 16461), 9 dorsal vertebrae (CB 1615)
Squamata - Gekkonidae	Gekkonidae indet.¹ Gekkonidae indet.¹ Gray 1825 gecko "un dentarie droit incomplet (n CB 16440), deux fragments de dentaries dont l'un est de beaucoup plus petite taille que les deux autres (n CB 16441).
Mammalia
Primates - Paromomyidae	Arcius lapparenti¹⁰, Arcius fuscus¹⁰ Arcius lapparenti¹⁰ Russell et al. 1967 primate Arcius fuscus¹⁰ Russell et al. 1967 primate
Primates - Notharctidae	Agerinia sp.⁴ Agerinia sp.⁴ Crusafont-Pairó and Golpe-Posse 1973 primate
Primates - Plesiadapidae	Platychoerops daubrei⁶ Platychoerops daubrei⁶ Lemoine 1880 primate
Ferae -	Uintacyon hookeri¹⁵ Uintacyon hookeri¹⁵ Solé 2014 placental
Creodonta -	Morlodon vellerei¹⁴ Morlodon vellerei¹⁴ Solé 2013 creodont MNHN MCB 0042, 4697, 1122, 415, 4939, 994 and 1546
Perissodactyla -	Paschatherium levei n. sp.⁸ Paschatherium levei n. sp.⁸ Hooker and Russell 2012 odd-toed ungulate MNHN.F.CB-303 - type (right dentary with P4–M1); paratypes: LP4, MNHN.F.CEB-314; RP4, MNHN.F. Condé-1170-Levé; LM1, MNHN.F.CB-313; RM1, MNHN.F.CB-824; LM2, MNHN.F.CB-312; RM2, MNHN.F.CB-315; LM3, MNHN.F.Condé-24-Levé; RM3, MNHN.F.PCB-0030; LP4, MNHN.F.CEB-321; LM1, MNHN.F.CB-1088; LM2, MNHN.F.Condé-137-Levé; RM2, MNHN.F.CB-1039; LM3, MNHN.F.Condé- 1016-Levé; RM3, MNHN.F.CB-1220
Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae	Diacodexis varleti¹⁶ Diacodexis varleti¹⁶ Sudre 1983 even-toed ungulate
Cimolesta - Esthonychidae	"Plesiesthonyx munieri" = Esthonyx munieri⁷ "Plesiesthonyx munieri" = Esthonyx munieri⁷ Lemoine 1891 tillodont

¹Augé 1990; ²Augé 2005; ³Broin 1977; ⁴Femenias-Gual et al. 2017; ⁵Folie et al. 2013; ⁶Gingerich 1976; ⁷Hooker 2010; ⁸Hooker and Russell 2012; ⁹Lapparent de Broin 2003; ¹⁰López-Torres and Silcox 2018; ¹¹Rage 1973; ¹²Rage 1975; ¹³Rage 1977; ¹⁴Solé 2013; ¹⁵Solé 2014; ¹⁶Sudre and Erfurt 1996