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. The lizard Cernaycerta and placental mammal Bustylus cernaysi are named after the formation.
Fossil content
The formation has provided fossils of:
Mammals
- Primates
- Acreodi
- Eutheria
- Macroscelidea
- Multituberculata
- Perissodactyls
- Placentalia
- Theriiformes
Birds
Reptiles
- Crocodiles
- Lizards
- Turtles
Amphibians
See also
References
- ^ Conglomérat de Cernay at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Hooker et al., 1999
- ^ Gingerich, 1973
- ^ Gingerich, 1976
- ^ Russell, 1981
- ^ Solé et al., 2018
- ^ Russell, 1980
- ^ Hooker & Russell, 2012
- ^ Vianey-Liaud, 1979
- ^ Codrea et al., 2014
- ^ Hooker, 2013
- ^ Gheerbrant & Russell, 1991
- ^ Gheerbrant & Russell, 1989
- ^ Szalay, 1969
- ^ Gheerbrant, 1991
- ^ Mourer-Chauviré, 1994
- ^ Martin, 1992
- ^ Martin et al., 2014
- ^ Folie et al., 2013
- ^ Augé, 2005
- ^ Pérez García, 2012
- ^ Pérez García, 2020
- ^ Broin, 1977
- ^ Estes et al., 1967
- ^ Rage, 2003
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