Conglomérat de Cernay explained

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

• Dissacus europaeus^[6]

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^[7]
• H. vianeyae^[8]

Perissodactyls

• Paschatherium dolloi^[9]
• Phakodon levei^[10]
• Teilhardimys brisswalteri^[9]

Placentalia

• Bustylus cernaysi^[11]
• B. germanicus^[12]
• Remiculus deutschi^[13]
• Tricuspiodon rutimeyer^[14]
• T. sobrinus^[14]
• Afrodon sp.^[12]
• Tricuspiodon sp.^[14]

Theriiformes

• Adapisoriculidae indet.^[15]

Birds

• Berruornis orbisantiqui^[16]
• Eupterornis remensis^[16]
• Gastornis parisiensis^[17]
• Remiornis heberti^[17]

Reptiles

Crocodiles

• Diplocynodon remensis^[18]

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
  • Tuffeau de St Omer
  • Cerrejón Formation
  • Danata Formation
  • DeBeque Formation
  • Willwood Formation

References

Bibliography

Notes and References

1. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Conglom%E9rat%20de%20Cernay&group_formation_member=Conglom%E9rat%20de%20Cernay Conglomérat de Cernay
2. Hooker et al., 1999
3. Gingerich, 1973
4. Gingerich, 1976
5. Russell, 1981
6. Solé et al., 2018
7. Vianey-Liaud, 1979
8. Codrea et al., 2014
9. Hooker & Russell, 2012
10. Hooker, 2013
11. Gheerbrant & Russell, 1991
12. Gheerbrant & Russell, 1989
13. Szalay, 1969
14. Russell, 1980
15. Gheerbrant, 1991
16. Mourer-Chauviré, 1994
17. Martin, 1992
18. Martin et al., 2014
19. Folie et al., 2013
20. Augé, 2005
21. Pérez García, 2012
22. Pérez García, 2020
23. Broin, 1977
24. Estes et al., 1967
25. Rage, 2003