Lissieu, Lutetian: Lutetian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Phorusrhacidae
Eleutherornis cotei (Galliard 1936)
Reptilia
Sebecosuchia indet. Colbert 1946
Martin 2015
UCBL-FSL 530863a–c, three isolated teeth; MHNL 341, a set of isolated osteoderms including 5 complete and 6 fragmentary dorsal elements
Reptilia - Gekkonidae
Rhodanogekko vireti n. gen., n. sp. Hoffstetter 1946
Augé 2005 1 specimen
UCBL (unknown no., fig. 1 in Hoffstetter 1946), frontal (Ref. 43438 gives the holotype as MHNL Li 300)
Reptilia - Necrosauridae
Necrosaurus sp. Filhol 1876
Augé 2005 2 specimens
?two caudal vertebrae
Reptilia
Platynota indet. Baur 1890
Augé 2005 10 specimens
MNNL Li 351, parietal; Li 311, posterior extremity of mandible; Li 310, fragment of bone with two tooth bases; Li 312, centrum of an axis; Li 313, incomplete cervical vertebra; Li 314, a dorsal vertebra; Li 315, four fragmentary dorsal vertebrae; Li 316, two caudal vertebrae; Li 317, perhaps one incomplete pelvis; Li 318, perhaps one fragment of humerus
Reptilia - Anguidae
Glyptosaurinae indet. Marsh 1872
Rage and Augé 2010 3 specimens
MHNL Li 307, one fragment of maxilla; Li 308, one dentary fragment; Li 309, four fragments of tooth-bearing bone
Anguinae indet. Gray 1825
Rage and Augé 2010 3 specimens
MHNL Li 304, 305, three trunk vertebrae; Li 306, three caudal vertebrae
Anguis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Rage and Augé 2010 1 specimen
MHNL Li 350, one left dentary
Anguini indet. Augé 2005
Augé 2005
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Plesiolacerta lydekkeri (Hoffstetter 1942)
Augé 2005 1 specimen
damaged dorsal vertebra (MHNL Li 302 in ref 43438); MHNL Li 303, perhaps one incomplete humerus
Reptilia
Coniophis sp. Marsh 1892
Rage and Augé 2010 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Serpentes
MHNL Li 319, one trunk vertebra
Reptilia - Tropidophiidae
Dunnophis cf. cadurcensis Rage 1974
Rage and Augé 2010 2 specimens
MHNL Li 329 and 330, two vertebrae
Dunnophis matronensis Rage 1973
Rage and Augé 2010 2 specimens
MHNL Li 327 and 328, two vertebrae
Szyndlaria aureomontensis n. gen., n. sp. Rage and Augé 2010
Rage and Augé 2010 4 specimens
MHNL Li 331 (holotype), single trunk vertebra; Li 332-334, three almost complete trunk vertebrae; Li 335, one incomplete trunk vertebra; Li 336, perhaps one damaged trunk vertebra
Reptilia
Booidea informal A
Rage and Augé 2010 2 specimens
MHNL Li 342 and 343, two trunk vertebrae
Reptilia - Boidae
Boidae indet. Gray 1825
Rage and Augé 2010 2 specimens
MHNL Li 325 and 326, three trunk vertebrae
Boidae informal sp. K Gray 1825
Rage and Augé 2010 4 specimens
A snake referred to as "Boïdé K" by Crochet et al 1981. MHNL Li 338-340, 12 isolated vertebrae; Li 341, perhaps 3 articulated vertebrae
Palaeopython sp. Rochebrune 1880
Rage and Augé 2010 31 elements
MNHL Li 320-324, 31 trunk vertebrae
Cadurcoboa sp. Rage 1978
Rage and Augé 2010 1 specimen
MHNL Li 337, one trunk vertebra
Reptilia - Russellophiidae
? Russellophiidae indet. (Rage 1978)
Rage and Augé 2010 2 specimens
original and current combination Russellopheidae
MHNL Li 344 and 345, two trunk vertebrae
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Cartierodon cf. egerkingensis Solé and Mennecart 2019
Solé and Mennecart 2019
UCBL-FSL 2113 and 2114
Mammalia - Rodentia - Pseudosciuridae
Protadelomys lugdunensis n. sp. Hartenberger 1969
Comte et al. 2012
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Rhone
Coordinates: 45.9° North, 4.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.8° North, 1.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Lutetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Lutetian Mammal zone: MP14
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Eocene, late Lutetian, MP14 mammalian reference level (approximately 43.5 to 41.2 ma)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Secondary lithology: chert
Lithology description: fossiliferous beds containing lacustrine shales and cherts
Environment:fissure fill
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:151252
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion, P. Barrett Enterer:K. Saraira, M. Uhen, P. Mannion, T. Cleary
Modifier:T. Cleary
Created:2013-09-25 02:30:51 Last modified:2016-09-02 04:15:18
Access level:the public Released:2013-09-25 02:30:51
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
49420. D. Angst, E. Buffetaut, C. Lecuyer and R. Amiot. 2013. ‘‘Terror Birds’’ (Phorusrhacidae) from the Eocene of Europe Imply Trans-Tethys Dispersal. PLoS One 8(11):e80357 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

59290 M. L. Augé. 2005. Evolution des lézards du Paléogène en Europe. Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 192:1-369 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary/T. Cleary]
61550 B. Comte, M. Sabatier, B. Marandat and M. Vianey-Liaud. 2012. Les rongeurs de Chéry-Chartreuve et Rocourt-Saint-Martin (est du bassin de Paris; Aisne, France). Leur place parmi les faunes de l'Eocène Moyen d'Europe. Palaeovertebrata 37(4-5):167-271 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
56862 J. E. Martin. 2015. A sebecosuchian in a middle Eocene karst with comments on the dorsal shield in Crocodylomorpha. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(3):673-680 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
43438 J.-C. Rage and M. Augé. 2010. Squamate reptiles from the middle Eocene of Lissieu (France). A landmark in the middle Eocene of Europe. Geobios 43(2):253-268 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]
69037 F. Solé and B. Mennecart. 2019. A large hyaenodont from the Lutetian of Switzerland expands the body mass range of the European mammalian predators during the Eocene. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64(2):275-290 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]