Conglomérat de Cernay

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.Conglomérat de Cernay at Fossilworks.org The lizard Cernaycerta and placental mammal Bustylus cernaysi are named after the formation.

Fossil content The formation has provided fossils of:

Mammals Primates

Berruvius lasseroniHooker et al., 1999 Chiromyoides campanicusGingerich, 1973 Plesiadapis remensisGingerich, 1976 P. tricuspidens Sarnacius gingerichiRussell, 1981

Acreodi Dissacus europaeusSolé et al., 2018

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 godfriauxiVianey-Liaud, 1979 H. vianeyaeCodrea et al., 2014

Perissodactyls

Paschatherium dolloiHooker & Russell, 2012 Phakodon leveiHooker, 2013 Teilhardimys brisswalteri

Placentalia

Bustylus cernaysiGheerbrant & Russell, 1991 B. germanicusGheerbrant & Russell, 1989 Remiculus deutschiSzalay, 1969 Tricuspiodon rutimeyerRussell, 1980 T. sobrinus Afrodon sp. Tricuspiodon sp.

Theriiformes Adapisoriculidae indet.Gheerbrant, 1991

Birds

Berruornis orbisantiquiMourer-Chauviré, 1994 Eupterornis remensis Gastornis parisiensisMartin, 1992 Remiornis heberti

Reptiles Crocodiles Diplocynodon remensisMartin et al., 2014

Lizards

Camptognathosaurus parisiensisFolie et al., 2013 Cernaycerta duchaussoisiAugé, 2005 Eolacerta sp. Necrosaurus sp. Amphisbaenidae indet. Glyptosaurinae indet.

Turtles

Compsemys russelliPérez García, 2012 Laurasichersis relictaPérez García, 2020 Trionyx sp.Broin, 1977 Cryptodira indet.

Amphibians

Palaeoproteus gallicusEstes et al., 1967 Koalliella sp. Palaeobatrachus sp.Rage, 2003 cf. Salamandra sp. Bufonidae indet. Neobatrachia indet.

Conglomérat de Cernay

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