Conglomérat de Cernay
Stratigraphic range: Thanetian
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TypeFormation
Lithology
PrimaryConglomerate
Location
Coordinates49°18′N 4°06′E / 49.3°N 4.1°E / 49.3; 4.1
Approximate paleocoordinates43°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
Multituberculata
Perissodactyls
Placentalia
Theriiformes

Birds

Reptiles

Crocodiles
Lizards
Turtles

Amphibians

See also

References

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

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