Meudon: Ypresian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Gastornithiformes - Gastornithidae
Gastornis parisiensis n. gen., n. sp. Hébert 1855
Martin 1992
MNHN - holotype (left tibiotarsus lacking proximal end)
Reptilia
Asiatosuchus sp. Mook 1940
Russell et al. 1988
Crocodylus depressifrons Blainville 1855
Delfino and Smith 2009
recombined as Asiatosuchus depressifrons
Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847
Russell et al. 1988
Allognathosuchus sp. Mook 1921
Russell et al. 1988
Reptilia - Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Carettochelyidae indet. Gill 1889
Russell et al. 1988
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
Russell et al. 1988
Palaeotrionyx vittatus (Pomel 1847)
Broin 1977
recombined as Axestemys vittata
Reptilia - Agamidae
Tinosaurus europeocaenus Auge and Smith 1997
Augé 2005 1 specimen
maxilla fragment
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Dormaalisaurus girardoti Augé and Smith 2002
Augé 2005 2 specimens
incomplete left dentary, incomplete right maxilla
Mammalia - Apatemyidae
cf. Apatemys sigogneaui Russell et al. 1979
Russell et al. 1988
Mammalia - Coryphodontidae
Coryphodon oweni Hebert 1856
Hooker 2010
MNHN ARP 8
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae
Neomatronella sp. Russell et al. 1975
Russell et al. 1988
Macrocranion nitens (Matthew 1918)
Russell et al. 1988
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Icaronycteridae
cf. Icaronycteris sp. Jepsen 1966
Russell et al. 1988
Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Oxyaena sp. Cope 1874
Smith and Smith 2001
MNHN AC656 (LM/1) and MNHN ARP 5
Palaeonictis gigantea de Blainville 1842
Solé et al. 2011
MNHN ARP 6
Mammalia - Viverravidae
Viverravidae indet. Wortman and Matthew 1899
Russell et al. 1988
Mammalia - Carnivora - Miacidae
Miacidae indet. Cope 1880
Russell et al. 1988
Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Pachyaena cf. gracilis Matthew and Granger 1915
Solé et al. 2018
MNHN.F.Me17504
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Hyracotherium aff. leporinum Owen 1841
Smith and Smith 2003
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
Leptacodon sp. Matthew and Granger 1921
Russell et al. 1988
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Microparamys informal n. sp.
Russell et al. 1988
Paramys cf. woodi
Russell et al. 1988
Paramys sp. Leidy 1871
Russell et al. 1988
Mammalia - Rodentia
Pseudoparamys cf. teilhardi
Russell et al. 1988
Paramys cf. ageiensis Michaux 1964
Russell et al. 1988
recombined as Pseudoparamys ageiensis
Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Plesiadapis russelli n. sp. Gingerich 1976
Gingerich 1976
specimens first described by d'Orbigny (1836) and assigned to Plesiadapis or Platychoerops by Stehlin (1916), Teilhard (1922), and Russell et al. (1967)
Mammalia - Primates
Berruvius cf. lasseroni Russell 1964
Russell et al. 1988
Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae
Arcius sp. Godinot 1984
Russell et al. 1988
Arcius lapparenti (Russell et al. 1967)
López-Torres and Silcox 2018
original and current combination Phenacolemur lapparenti
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Teilhardina belgica (Teilhard de Chardin 1927)
Russell et al. 1988
Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae
Cantius cf. epppsi
Russell et al. 1988
Mammalia
Peradectes sp. Matthew and Granger 1921
Russell et al. 1988
Amphiperatherium maximum Crochet 1979
Russell et al. 1988
Peratherium cf. matronense Crochet 1979
Russell et al. 1988
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Neoplagiaulacidae indet. Ameghino 1890
Russell et al. 1988
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Urodela indet. (Duméril 1805)
Russell et al. 1988
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura ? indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Russell et al. 1988
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825
Russell et al. 1988
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861
Russell et al. 1988
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodontidae indet. (Agassiz 1833)
Russell et al. 1988
Chondrichthyes - Selachii
Selachii indet.
Russell et al. 1988
Chondrichthyes - Batoidea
Batoidea indet.
Russell et al. 1988
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
cf. Onchosaurus sp. Gervais 1852
Russell et al. 1988
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Île-de-France County:Hauts-de-Seine
Coordinates: 48.8° North, 2.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.3° North, 0.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Ypresian Zone: MP8+9
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Vaugirard
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: from the "Conglomérat de Meudon (at the base of the Argile Plastique)" (Gingerich 1976)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:MNHN
Metadata
Database number:68437
Authorizer:M. Uhen, J. Alroy, P. Barrett, P. Holroyd, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Uhen, J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, T. Cleary, P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-01-22 08:47:30 Last modified:2018-10-29 09:35:08
Access level:the public Released:2007-01-22 08:47:30
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

12784. P. Gervais. 1859. Zoologie et Paléontologie Françaises. Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vertébrés dont on Trouve les Ossements Enfouis dans le Sol de la France et sur leur Comparaison aves les Espèces Propres aux Autres Régions du Globe (Deuxième Edition) [French Zoology and Paleontology. New Research on Vertebrate Animals Whose Bones Are Found Buried in the Soil of France and their Comparison with Species Specific to Other Regions of the Globe (Second Edition)] 544 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano]

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]
60047 F. Broin. 1977. Contribution a l'etude des Cheloniens. Cheloniens continentaux due Cretace et du Tertiare de France. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie C, Sciences de la terre 38:1-366 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
46599 M. Delfino and T. Smith. 2009. A reassessment of the morphology and taxonomic status of ‘Crocodylus’ depressifrons Blainville, 1855 (Crocodylia, Crocodyloidea) based on the Early Eocene remains from Belgium. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156:140-167 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
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60859 J. J. Hooker. 2010. The mammal fauna of the early Eocene Blackheath Formation of Abbey Wood, London. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 165:1-162 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
66265 S. López-Torres and M. T. Silcox. 2018. The European Paromomyidae (Primates, Mammalia): taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeographic implications. Journal of Paleontology [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
38160 L. D. Martin. 1992. The status of the Late Paleocene birds Gastornis and Remiornis. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (Sciences series) 36:97-108 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
60429 D. E. Russell, A. Galoyer, P. Louis and P. D. Gingerich. 1988. Nouveaux vertébrés sparnaciens du Conglomérat de Meudon à Meudon, France. Comptes Rendu de l'Académie de Sciences, Paris, Ser. II 307:429-433 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
57023 T. Smith and R. Smith. 2001. The creodonts (Mammalia, Ferae) from the Paleocene-Eocene transition in Belgium (Tienen Formation, MP7). Belgian Journal of Zoology 131(2):117-135 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
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60841 F. Solé, E. Gheerbrant, and M. Godinot. 2011. New data on the Oxyaenidae from the Early Eocene of Europe; biostratigraphic, paleobiogeographic and paleoecologic implications. Palaeontologia Electronica 14(2):13A:1-41 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
61876 F. Solé, M. Godinot, Y. Laurent, A. Galoyer, and T. Smith. 2018. The European Mesonychid Mammals: Phylogeny, Ecology, Biogeography, and Biochronology. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 25:339-379 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Mannion]