Earth:Conglomérat de Cernay
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Short description: Geologic formation in France
Conglomérat de Cernay Stratigraphic range: Thanetian ~58–55 Ma | |
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Type | Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Conglomerate |
Location | |
Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 49°18′N 4°06′E / 49.3°N 4.1°E |
Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 43°48′N 1°42′E / 43.8°N 1.7°E |
Region | Champagne-Ardenne |
Country | ![]() |
Type section | |
Named for | Cernay-lès-Reims |
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
- Berruvius lasseroni[2]
- Chiromyoides campanicus[3]
- Plesiadapis remensis[4]
- P. tricuspidens[4]
- Sarnacius gingerichi[5]
- 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
- Paschatherium dolloi[8]
- Phakodon levei[11]
- Teilhardimys brisswalteri[8]
- Placentalia
- Bustylus cernaysi[12]
- B. germanicus[13]
- Remiculus deutschi[14]
- Tricuspiodon rutimeyer[7]
- T. sobrinus[7]
- Afrodon sp.[13]
- Tricuspiodon sp.[7]
- Theriiformes
Birds
- Berruornis orbisantiqui[16]
- Eupterornis remensis[16]
- Gastornis parisiensis[17]
- Remiornis heberti[17]
Reptiles
- Crocodiles
- Lizards
- Camptognathosaurus parisiensis[19]
- Cernaycerta duchaussoisi[20]
- Eolacerta sp.[20]
- Necrosaurus sp.[20]
- Amphisbaenidae indet.[20]
- Turtles
- Compsemys russelli[21]
- Laurasichersis relicta[22]
- Trionyx sp.[23]
- Cryptodira indet.[23]
Amphibians
- Palaeoproteus gallicus[24]
- Koalliella sp.[24]
- Palaeobatrachus sp.[25]
- cf. Salamandra sp.[24]
- Bufonidae indet.[25]
- Neobatrachia indet.[16]
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in France
- Thanetian formations
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Conglomérat de Cernay at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Hooker et al., 1999
- ↑ Gingerich, 1973
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gingerich, 1976
- ↑ Russell, 1981
- ↑ Solé et al., 2018
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Russell, 1980
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Vianey-Liaud, 1979
- ↑ Codrea et al., 2014
- ↑ Hooker, 2013
- ↑ Gheerbrant & Russell, 1991
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Gheerbrant & Russell, 1989
- ↑ Szalay, 1969
- ↑ Gheerbrant, 1991
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Mourer-Chauviré, 1994
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Martin, 1992
- ↑ Martin et al., 2014
- ↑ Folie et al., 2013
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 Augé, 2005
- ↑ Pérez García, 2012
- ↑ Pérez García, 2020
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Broin, 1977
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Estes et al., 1967
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Rage, 2003
Bibliography
- Pérez García, A. 2020. Surviving the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction event: A terrestrial stem turtle in the Cenozoic of Laurasia. Scientific Reports 10. 1489. Accessed 2020-09-11.
- Solé, F.; 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.
- Codrea, V. A.; A. A. Solomon; M. Venczel, and T. Smith. 2014. A new kogaionid multituberculate mammal from the Maastrichtian of the Transylvanian Basin, Romania. Comptes Rendus Palevol 13. 489-499.
- Martin, J. E.; T. Smith; F. Lapparent Broin; F. Escuillié, and M. Delfino. 2014. Late Palaeocene eusuchian remains from Mont de Berru, France, and the origin of the alligatoroid Diplocynodon. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172. 867-891.
- Folie, A.; R. Smith, and T. Smith. 2013. New amphisbaenian lizards from the Early Paleogene of Europe and their implications for the early evolution of modern amphisbaenians. Geologica Belgica 16. 227-235.
- Hooker, J. J. 2013. Origin and evolution of the Pseudorhyncocyonidae, a European Paleogene family of insectivorous placental mammals. Palaeontology 56. 807-835.
- Hooker, J. J., and D. E. Russell. 2012. Early Palaeogene Louisinidae (Macroscelidea, Mammalia), their relationships and north European diversity. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164. 856-936.
- Pérez García, A. 2012. Berruchelus russelli, gen. et sp. nov., a paracryptodiran turtle from the Cenozoic of Europe. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32. 545-556.
- Augé, M. L. 2005. Evolution des lézards du Paléogène en Europe. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 192. 1-369.
- Rage, J.-C. 2003. Oldest Bufonidae (Amphibia, Anura) from the Old World: a bufonid from the Paleocene of France. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23. 462-463.
- Hooker, J. J.; D. E. Russell, and A. Phelzion. 1999. A new family of Plesiadapiformes (Mammalia) from the Old World Lower Paleogene. Palaeontology 42. 377-407.
- Mourer-Chauviré, C. 1994. A large owl from the Paleocene of France. Palaeontology 37. 339-348.
- Martin, L. D. 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.
- Gheerbrant, E. 1991. Bustylus (Eutheria, Adapisoriculidae) and the absence of ascertained Marsupials in the Palaeocene of Europe. Terra Nova 3. 586-592.
- Gheerbrant, E., and D. E. Russell. 1991. Bustylus cernaysi nov. gen., nov. sp., nouvel Adapisoriculidé (Mammalia, Eutheria) Paléocène d'Europe. Geobios 24. 467-481.
- Gheerbrant, E., and D. E. Russell. 1989. Presence of the genus Afrodon [Mammalia, Lipotyphla (?), Adapisoriculidae] in Europe; new data for the problem of trans-Tethyan relations between Africa and Europe around the K/T boundary. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 76. 1-15.
- Russell, D. E. 1981. Un primate nouveau du Paléocène supérieur de France. Geobios 14. 399–405.
- Vianey-Liaud, M. 1979. Les mammifères Montiens de Hainin (Paléocène moyen de Belgique) Part 1 : Multituberculés. Palaeovertebrata 9. 117-131.
- Broin, F. 1977. Contribution a l'etude des Cheloniens. Cheloniens continentaux due Cretace et du Tertiare de France. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Série C, Sciences de la terre 38. 1-366.
- Gingerich, P. D. 1976. Cranial Anatomy and Evolution of Early Tertiary Plesiadapidae (Mammalia, Primates). University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 15. 1-141.
- Gingerich, P. D. 1973. First record of the Palaeocene primate Chiromyoides from North America. Nature 244. 517-518.
- Szalay, F. S. 1969. Mixodectidae, Microsyopidae, and the insectivore-primate transition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 140. 193-330.
- Estes, R.; M. Hecht, and R. Hoffstetter. 1967. Paleocene amphibians from Cernay, France. American Museum Novitates 2295. 1-25.
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