Paleocene mammal faunas of Europe

Hainin

Location: Hainaut, Belgique
Age: Montian, reference locality for reference level MP1-5

Order Multituberculata

 

.....Family Boffiidae

Boffius splendidus

.....Family Kogaionidae

Hainina belgica

 

H. godfriauxi

Cohort Placentalia

 

Order Pantolesta

 

.....Family Pentacodontidae

cf. Aphronorus fraudator 

Order Apatotheria

 

.....Family Apatemyidae

gen. et sp. indet.

Order Lipotyphla

 

.....Family Nyctitheriidae

cf. Leptacodon tener

.....Family Adapisoriculidae

Bustylus marandati (= Peradectes marandati)

.....Family inc. sed.

gen. et sp. indet.

Order Primates

 

.....Family Plesiadapidae

Russellodon haininense

Order Condylarthra

 

.....Family Arctocyonidae

Prolatidens waudruae

.....Family Hyopsodontidae

Monshyus praevius

References: Godfriaux & Thaler 1972, Thaler 1977, Vianey-Liaud 1979, Russell 1982, Sudre & Russell 1982, Savage & Russell 1983, Crochet & Sigé 1983, Gheerbrant 1991, Sigé & Marandat 1997

 

Walbeck

Location: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Age: older than Cernay, reference level MP1-5

Cohort Placentalia

 

Order Leptictida

 

.....Family Leptictidae?

Diaphyodectes prolatus

Order Pantolesta

 

.....Family Pantolestidae

Pagonomus sp.

Order Lipotyphla

 

.....Family Erinaceidae

Adapisorex abundans

.....Suborder Erinaceomorpha inc. sed.

Adunator lehmani

Order Lipotyphla?

 

.....Family Palaeoryctidae

Aboletylestes hypselus

.....Family Adapisoriculidae

Afrodon germanicus (= Adapisoriculus? germanicus)

 

Bustylus cf. cernaysi (= Afrodon sp. nov. in Gheerbrant & Russell 1989)

Order Chiroptera or Lipotyphla

 

.....Family indet.

gen. et sp. nov. (specimen Wa/416; see Hooker 1996)

Order Primates

 

.....Family Plesiadapidae

Plesiadapis walbeckensis

.....Family Saxonellidae

Saxonella crepaturae

Order Condylarthra

 

.....Family Arctocyonidae

Arctocyon matthesi

 

Arctocyonides weigelti

 

Mentoclaenodon walbeckensis

.....Family Hyopsodontidae

Louisina atavella

 

Paratricuspiodon krumbiegeli

 

?P. sp. nov. (see Russell 1980)

References: Russell 1964, Russell 1980, Savage & Russell 1983, Gheerbrant & Russell 1989, Hooker 1996, Gheerbrant, Codrea, Hosu, Sen, Guernet, de Lapparent de Broin & Riveline 1999

 

Menat

Location: Puy-de-Dôme, France
Age: possibly equivalent to Walbeck, reference level MP1-5?

Cohort Placentalia

 

Order Leptictida?

 

.....Family Leptictidae?

gen. et sp. indet.

Order Primates

 

.....Family Plesiadapidae

Plesiadapis insignis (= Menatotherium insigne)

References: Guth 1962, Russell 1967, 1975, Storch & Lister 1985

 

Cernaysian fauna

Location: Paris Basin, France
Localities: Cernay-lčs-Reims, Mouras Quarry (Berru, Lentille de Berru), Marnes de Rilly, La Fčre
Age: Thanetian, reference locality for reference level MP6

Order Multituberculata

 

.....Family Neoplagiaulacidae

Neoplagiaulax eocaenus

 

N. copei

 

N. annae

 

N. nicolai

 

N. sylvani

 

Cernaysia manueli

.....Family Cimolodontidae?

Liotomus marshi

.....Family Kogaionidae

Hainina vianeyae (= Hainina godfriauxi in Vianey-Liaud 1979)

Cohort Placentalia

 

Order Leptictida

 

.....Family Leptictidae

cf.Palaeictops levei

Order Pantolesta

 

.....Family Pantolestidae

Pagonomus dionysi

.....Family inc. sed.

Nosella europaea (= cf. Aboletylestes sp. in Russell et. al.1966, ?Jepsenella sp. in Savage & Russell 1983)

Order Lipotyphla

 

.....Family Nyctitheriidae

cf. Leptacodon sp.

.....Family Erinaceidae

Adapisorex gaudryi

.....Suborder Erinaceomorpha inc. sed.

Adunator lehmani

Order Lipotyphla?

 

.....Family Adapisoriculidae

Adapisoriculus minimus

 

Afrodon germanicus (= Adapisoriculus? germanicusi)

 

?Afrodon sp. nov. (= Remiculus? sp. nov. in Russell et al. 1966)

 

Bustylus cernaysi (= Afrodon sp. nov. in Gheerbrant & Russell 1989)

.....Family Adapisoriculidae?

Remiculus deutschi

Order Primates

 

.....Family Plesiadapidae

Plesiadapis tricuspidens

 

P. remensis

 

Chiromyoides campanicus

.....Family Toliapinidae

Berruvius lasseroni

 

Sarnacius gingerichi (= Berruvius gingerichi)

Order Condylarthra

 

.....Family Arctocyonidae

Arctocyon primaevus

 

Arctocyonides trouessarti

 

A. arenae

 

Landenodon phelizoni

 

L. lavocati

.....Family Hyopsodontidae

Louisina mirabilis

 

L. sp. nov. (see Russell 1980)

 

Dipavali petri (= Paschatherium petri)

 

D. sp. nov. (see Russell 1980)

 

Paschatherium sp. (see Gheerbrant et al. 1997)

 

Microhyus sp. (see Russell 1980)

 

gen. et sp. nov. (see Russell 1980, several genera and species)

.....Family Hyopsodontidae?

Tricuspiodon ruetimeyeri

 

T. magistrae

 

T. sobrinus

 

.....Family Mioclaenidae

Pleuraspidotherium aumonieri

 

P. remense (?=P. aumonieri)

 

Orthaspidotherium edwardsi

Order Mesonychia

 

.....Family Mesonychidae

Dissacus europaeus

References: Russell 1964, Russell, Louis & Poirier 1966, Russell 1975, 1980, 1983, Savage & Russell 1983, Vianey-Liaud 1986, Gheerbrant & Russell 1989, Gheerbrant, Abrial & Cuenca 1997, Hooker, Russell & Phelizon 1999, López-Martinez & Peláez-Campomanes 1999, Peláez-Campomanes, López-Martinez, Álvarez-Sierra & Daams 2000

 

Tremp-Graus Basin

Location: Southern Pyrenees, Spain

a) Tremp
Localities: Claret 0, Claret 4, Tendruy, Palau
Age: younger than Cernay but older than Dormaal, Claret 4 proposed as reference locality for reference level MP6b

Order Multituberculata

 

.....Family Kogaionidae

cf. Hainina sp.

Cohort Placentalia

 

Order Pantolesta

 

.....Family inc. sed.

Nosella europaea

Order Lipotyphla

 

.....Family Erinaceidae

Adapisorex sp.

.... Suborder Erinaceomorpha? inc. sed.

aff. Seia sp.

Order Lipotyphla?

 

.....Family Adapisoriculidae

Afrodon ivani

Order Condylarthra

 

.....Family Hyopsodontidae

Microhyus cf. musculus

 

Paschatherium cf. dolloi

 

Paschatherium sp.

.....Family Mioclaenidae

cf. Pleuraspidotherium sp.

References: López-Martínez & Peláez-Campomanes 1998

b) Campo
Localites: Campo
Age: Thanetian, older than Cernay (but see López-Martínez & Peláez-Campomanes 1998 p.693)

Cohort Placentalia

 

Order Condylarthra

 

.....Family Hyopsodontidae

Paschatherium yvettae

References: Gheerbrant, Abrial & Cuenca 1997

c) Fontllonga
Localities: Fontllonga-3 (Tremp Basin or Ager Basin)
Age: Danian, later part of chron C29r

Order Multituberculata

 

.....Family Kogaionidae

Hainina pyrenaica

References: López-Martínez, Ardévol, Arribas, Civis, González-Delgado 1998, Peláez-Campomanes, López-Martinez, Álvarez-Sierra & Daams 2000

 

Calcaires de Rona

Location: NW Transylvania, Romania
Localities: Rona and Jibou
Age: Thanetian or Sparnacian

Order Multituberculata

 

.....Family Kogaionidae

cf. Hainina sp.

.....Family indet.

gen. et sp. indet.

Cohort Placentalia

 

Order Lipotyphla?

 

.....Family Palaeoryctidae

Aboletylestes sp.

Order Chiroptera or Lipotyphla

 

.....Family indet.

gen. et sp. nov.

Order Rodentia

 

.....Family indet.

gen. et sp. indet.

Order Condylarthra

 

.....Family Hyopsodontidae

cf. Paschatherium sp.

.....Family indet.

gen. et sp. indet.

Order inc. sed.

 

.....Family indet.

gen. et sp. indet. (4 species)

References: Gheerbrant, Codrea, Hosu, Sen, Guernet, de Lapparent de Broin & Riveline 1999

 

Herne Bay

Location: Kent, United Kingdom
Localities: Beltinge (Beltinge Fish Bed)
Age: Cernaysian

Order Condylarthra

 

.....Family Arctocyonidae

Arctocyonides arenae

References: Hooker & Millbank 2001

 

Tuffeau de Lincent

Location: South Belgian Basin, Belgium
Age: comparable to Walbeck

Order Condylarthra

 

.....Family Arctocyonidae

Arctocyonides cf. weigelti

References: Russell 1982, Hooker & Millbank 2001

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