Conglomérat de Cernay
Geologic formation in France
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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.
| Conglomérat de Cernay | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Thanetian ~ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 49.3°N 4.1°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 43.8°N 1.7°E |
| Region | Champagne-Ardenne |
| Country | France |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Cernay-lès-Reims |
  Conglomérat de Cernay (France) | |
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
- Eutheria
- Landenodon lavocati[7]
- Macroscelidea
- Multituberculata
- Perissodactyls
- Paschatherium dolloi[8]
- Phakodon levei[11]
- Teilhardimys brisswalteri[8]
- Placentalia
- Bustylus cernaysi[12]
- B. germanicus[13]
- Remiculus deutschi[14]
- Tricuspiodon rutimeyer[7]
- T. sobrinus[7]
- Afrodon sp.[13]
- Tricuspiodon sp.[7]
- Theriiformes
Birds
- Berruornis orbisantiqui[16]
- Eupterornis remensis[16]
- Gastornis parisiensis[17]
- Remiornis heberti[17]
Reptiles
- Crocodiles
- Lizards
- Camptognathosaurus parisiensis[19]
- Cernaycerta duchaussoisi[20]
- Eolacerta sp.[20]
- Necrosaurus sp.[20]
- Amphisbaenidae indet.[20]
- Turtles