Templeuve: Thanetian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Mayr and Smith 2019
IRSNB Av 226
Mayr and Smith 2019
IRSNB Av 227
Reptilia - Lithornithidae
Mayr and Smith 2019
IRSNB Av 218-222 (and possibly 223 and 224 too)
Reptilia - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Pelagornithidae indet. Fürbringer 1888
Mayr and Smith 2019
IRSNB Av 225
Mammalia - Primates
Mammalia - Primates - Toliapinidae
5 specimens
Chondrichthyes
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Nord
Coordinates: 50.5° North, 3.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.5° North, 10.8° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Paleocene
Stage: Thanetian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 1
Key time interval: Thanetian
Age range of interval: 59.24 - 56 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tuffeau de St Omer
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: middle Thanetian (NP8 biozone; ~58 Ma); MP6
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:68429
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-01-22 07:57:09 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2007-01-22 07:57:09
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

19707.5% 57680T. 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]

Secondary references:

68780 G. Mayr and T. Smith. 2019. New Paleocene bird fossils from the North Sea Basin in Belgium and France. Geologica Belgica 22(1-2):35-46 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]