Fournes: Early/Lower Eocene, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Parvagula palulae
Lange-Badré 1987
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| UM/FNR 51-53; originally referred to cf. Hyracolestes sp. by Marandat (1991) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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Arcius fuscus
(Russell et al. 1967)
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López-Torres and Silcox 2018 | |||||||||
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Arcius lapparenti
(Russell et al. 1967)
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López-Torres and Silcox 2018 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Phenacolemur lapparenti | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Hérault |
| Coordinates: | 43.1° North, 2.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.5° North, 0.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: University of Montpellier 2 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 182645 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-11-16 10:45:59 | Last modified: | 2016-11-16 10:45:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-11-16 10:45:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 60843. | F. Solé, T. Smith, R. Tabuce and B. Marandat. 2015. New dental elements of the oldest proviverrine mammal from the early Eocene of Southern France support possible African origin of the subfamily. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(3):527-538 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |