Earth:Conglomérat de Cernay

Short description: Geologic formation in France

Conglomérat de Cernay Stratigraphic range: Thanetian ~58–55 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Formation
Lithology
Primary	Conglomerate
Location
Coordinates
Paleocoordinates	[ ⚑ ] 43.8°N 1.7°E / 43.8; 1.7
Region	Champagne-Ardenne
Country	France
Type section
Named for	Cernay-lès-Reims
Conglomérat de Cernay (France)

The Conglomérat de Cernay is a geologic formation in Champagne-Ardenne, northern France . It preserves fossils dating back to the Thanetian stage of the Paleocene period. The lizard Cernaycerta and placental mammal Bustylus cernaysi are named after the formation.

Fossil content

The formation has provided fossils of:

Mammals

Primates

• Berruvius lasseroni
• Chiromyoides campanicus
• Plesiadapis remensis
• P. tricuspidens
• Sarnacius gingerichi

Acreodi

• Dissacus europaeus

Eutheria

• Landenodon lavocati

Macroscelidea

• Berrulestes pellouini
• B. phelizoni
• B. poirieri
• Dipavali petri
• Gigarton louisi
• G. meyeri
• G. sigogneauae
• Louisina marci
• L. mirabilis
• Thryptodon brailloni
• Walbeckodon girardi

Multituberculata

• Hainina godfriauxi
• H. vianeyae

Perissodactyls

• Paschatherium dolloi
• Phakodon levei
• Teilhardimys brisswalteri

Placentalia

• Bustylus cernaysi
• B. germanicus
• Remiculus deutschi
• Tricuspiodon rutimeyer
• T. sobrinus
• Afrodon sp.
• Tricuspiodon sp.

Theriiformes

• Adapisoriculidae indet.

Birds

• Berruornis orbisantiqui
• Eupterornis remensis
• Gastornis parisiensis
• Remiornis heberti

Reptiles

Crocodiles

• Diplocynodon remensis

Lizards

• Camptognathosaurus parisiensis
• Cernaycerta duchaussoisi
• Eolacerta sp.
• Necrosaurus sp.
• Amphisbaenidae indet.

Turtles

• Compsemys russelli
• Laurasichersis relicta
• Trionyx sp.
• Cryptodira indet.

Amphibians

• Palaeoproteus gallicus
• Koalliella sp.
• Palaeobatrachus sp.
• cf. Salamandra sp.
• Bufonidae indet.
• Neobatrachia indet.

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in France
• Thanetian formations
  • Tuffeau de St Omer
  • Cerrejón Formation
  • Danata Formation
  • DeBeque Formation
  • Willwood Formation

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