Lignites de Soissonais


The Lignites de Soissonais is a geologic formation in the Var, Marne departments of France. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ypresian stage of the Eocene period.

Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:

Reptiles

;TurtlesAxestemys vittataFrancellia salouagmiraeMerovemys ploegiNeochelys arenarumN. eocaenicaAllaeochelys sp.Palaeochelys sp.Trionyx sp.
;LizardsDormaalisaurus girardotiGeiseltaliellus longicaudusTinosaurus europeocaenusEolacerta sp.Necrosaurus sp.Tinosaurus sp.
;SnakesCalamagras gallicusDunnophis matronensisSaniwa orsmaelensis

Mammals

;PrimatesArcius fuscusA. lapparentiAvenius amatorumCantius savageiDonrussellia provincialisPhenacolemur lapparentiPlatychoerops daubreiPlesiadapis aff. remensisPelycodus aff. eppsiToliapina lawsoniT. vinealiscf. Agerinia sp.
;ArtiodactylsBunophorus cappettaiDiacodexis gaziniD. varletiCuisitherium sp.?Diacodexis sp.?Simpsonodus sp.
;Carnivora
;CimolestaPlesiesthonyx luciaeP. minimuscf. Hyracolestes sp.
;FeraePalaeonictis giganteaQuercygale smithiUintacyon hookericf. Viverravus sp.
;HyaenodontaDidelphodus cf. absarokaeEoproviverra eisenmanniGalecyon gallusMinimovellentodon russelliMorlodon vellereiPreregidens cf. langebadraePrototomus girardoticf. Didelphodus sp.
;InsectivoraApatemys mutiniacusA. sigogneauiApatemys sp.Heterohyus sp.
;MacroscelideaNeomatronella luciannaeMacrocranion cf. nitens
;MicrochiropteraAgeina tobieniIcaronycteris menui
;MicrochiropteramorphaArchaeonycteris braillonicf. Ageina sp.cf. Archaeonycteris sp.
;MultituberculataEctypodus riansensis
;PerissodactylsCymbalophus cuniculusHyracotherium aff. leporinumPaschatherium russelliP. cf. dolloi?Paschatherium sp.Pliolophus vulpicepsTeilhardimys musculus
;PlacentaliaHyopsodus itineransPhenacodus cf. teilhardicf. Paroxyclaenus sp.Phenacodus sp.
;RodentsMicroparamys cf. chandoniPantrogna russelliParamys cf. pourcyensis
  • ?Ailuravinae indet.
;SoricomorphaPlacentidens lotuscf. Leptacodon sp.
;TheriiformesAmphiperatherium aff. brabantenseA. goetheiA. cf. maximumPeradectes louisiPeratherium matronense