Meudon: Ypresian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Gastornithiformes
- Gastornithidae
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Gastornis parisiensis n. gen., n. sp.
Hébert 1855
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Martin 1992 | |||||||||
MNHN - holotype (left tibiotarsus lacking proximal end) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Asiatosuchus sp.
Mook 1940
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Crocodylus depressifrons
Blainville 1855
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Delfino and Smith 2009 | |||||||||
recombined as Asiatosuchus depressifrons | ||||||||||
Diplocynodon sp.
Pomel 1847
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Allognathosuchus sp.
Mook 1921
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Carettochelyidae
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Carettochelyidae indet.
Gill 1889
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Palaeotrionyx vittatus
(Pomel 1847)
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Broin 1977 | |||||||||
recombined as Axestemys vittata | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Agamidae
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Tinosaurus europeocaenus
Auge and Smith 1997
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Augé 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
maxilla fragment | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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Dormaalisaurus girardoti
Augé and Smith 2002
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Augé 2005 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
incomplete left dentary, incomplete right maxilla | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Apatemyidae
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cf. Apatemys sigogneaui
Russell et al. 1979
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Coryphodon oweni
Hebert 1856
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Hooker 2010 | |||||||||
MNHN ARP 8 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Amphilemuridae
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Neomatronella sp.
Russell et al. 1975
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Macrocranion nitens
(Matthew 1918)
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Icaronycteridae
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cf. Icaronycteris sp.
Jepsen 1966
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Oxyaenidae
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Oxyaena sp.
Cope 1874
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Smith and Smith 2001 | |||||||||
MNHN AC656 (LM/1) and MNHN ARP 5 | ||||||||||
Palaeonictis gigantea
de Blainville 1842
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Solé et al. 2011 | |||||||||
MNHN ARP 6 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Viverravidae indet.
Wortman and Matthew 1899
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Miacidae
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Miacidae indet.
Cope 1880
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Acreodi
- Mesonychidae
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Pachyaena cf. gracilis
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Solé et al. 2018 | |||||||||
MNHN.F.Me17504 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Palaeotheriidae
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Hyracotherium aff. leporinum
Owen 1841
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Smith and Smith 2003 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Nyctitheriidae
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Leptacodon sp.
Matthew and Granger 1921
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Microparamys informal n. sp.
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Paramys cf. woodi
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Paramys sp.
Leidy 1871
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Pseudoparamys cf. teilhardi
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Paramys cf. ageiensis
Michaux 1964
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
recombined as Pseudoparamys ageiensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Plesiadapidae
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Plesiadapis russelli n. sp.
Gingerich 1976
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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
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Berruvius cf. lasseroni
Russell 1964
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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Arcius sp.
Godinot 1984
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Arcius lapparenti
(Russell et al. 1967)
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López-Torres and Silcox 2018 | |||||||||
original and current combination Phenacolemur lapparenti | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Teilhardina belgica
(Teilhard de Chardin 1927)
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Cantius cf. epppsi
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Mammalia
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Peradectes sp.
Matthew and Granger 1921
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Amphiperatherium maximum
Crochet 1979
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Peratherium cf. matronense
Crochet 1979
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Neoplagiaulacidae indet.
Ameghino 1890
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Urodela indet.
(Duméril 1805)
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura ? indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Amiidae indet.
Huxley 1861
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Pycnodontidae indet.
(Agassiz 1833)
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Selachii
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Selachii indet.
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Batoidea
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Batoidea indet.
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Russell et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Sclerorhynchidae
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cf. Onchosaurus sp.
Gervais 1852
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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] | |
1635 | P. D. Gingerich. 1976. Cranial Anatomy and Evolution of Early Tertiary Plesiadapidae (Mammalia, Primates). University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 15:1-141 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] | |
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] | |
19707 | 5% 57680 | T. Smith and R. Smith. 2003. Terrestrial mammals as biostratigraphic indicators in upper Paleocene-lower Eocene marine deposits of the southern North Sea Basin. Geological Society of America Special Paper 369:513-520 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
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] |