Earth:Conglomérat de Cernay

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Short description: Geologic formation in France
Conglomérat de Cernay
Stratigraphic range: Thanetian
~58–55 Ma
TypeFormation
Lithology
PrimaryConglomerate
Location
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 49°18′N 4°06′E / 49.3°N 4.1°E / 49.3; 4.1
Paleocoordinates [ ⚑ ] 43°48′N 1°42′E / 43.8°N 1.7°E / 43.8; 1.7
RegionChampagne-Ardenne
Country France
Type section
Named forCernay-lès-Reims
Conglomérat de Cernay is located in France
Conglomérat de Cernay
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.[1] The lizard Cernaycerta and placental mammal Bustylus cernaysi are named after the formation.

Fossil content

The formation has provided fossils of:[1]

Mammals

Primates


Acreodi
Eutheria
  • Landenodon lavocati[7]
Macroscelidea
  • Berrulestes pellouini[8]
  • B. phelizoni[8]
  • B. poirieri[8]
  • Dipavali petri[8]
  • Gigarton louisi[8]
  • G. meyeri[8]
  • G. sigogneauae[8]
  • Louisina marci[8]
  • L. mirabilis[8]
  • Thryptodon brailloni[8]
  • Walbeckodon girardi[8]


Multituberculata
Perissodactyls


Placentalia


Theriiformes

Birds


Reptiles

Crocodiles
Lizards


Turtles


Amphibians


See also


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Conglomérat de Cernay at Fossilworks.org
  2. Hooker et al., 1999
  3. Gingerich, 1973
  4. 4.0 4.1 Gingerich, 1976
  5. Russell, 1981
  6. Solé et al., 2018
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Russell, 1980
  8. 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 Hooker & Russell, 2012
  9. Vianey-Liaud, 1979
  10. Codrea et al., 2014
  11. Hooker, 2013
  12. Gheerbrant & Russell, 1991
  13. 13.0 13.1 Gheerbrant & Russell, 1989
  14. Szalay, 1969
  15. Gheerbrant, 1991
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 Mourer-Chauviré, 1994
  17. 17.0 17.1 Martin, 1992
  18. Martin et al., 2014
  19. Folie et al., 2013
  20. 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 Augé, 2005
  21. Pérez García, 2012
  22. Pérez García, 2020
  23. 23.0 23.1 Broin, 1977
  24. 24.0 24.1 24.2 Estes et al., 1967
  25. 25.0 25.1 Rage, 2003

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