An exceptional Sparnacian locality with plants, arthropods and vertebrates(Earliest Eocene, MP7): Le Quesnoy (Oise France)

Authors
Nel, A de Ploeg, G Dejax, J Dutheil, D de Franceschi, D Gheerbrant, E Godinot, M Hervet, S Menier, JJ Auge, M Bignot, G Cavagnetto, C Duffaud, S Gaudant, J Hua, S Jossang, A de Brion, FD Pozzi, JP Paicheler, JC Beuchet, F Rage, JC
Citation
A. Nel et al., An exceptional Sparnacian locality with plants, arthropods and vertebrates(Earliest Eocene, MP7): Le Quesnoy (Oise France), CR AC S IIA, 329(1), 1999, pp. 65-72
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE II FASCICULE A-SCIENCES DELA TERRE ET DES PLANETES
ISSN journal
12518050 → ACNP
Volume
329
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
65 - 72
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(19990715)329:1<65:AESLWP>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A new fossil locality is reported from the argiles a lignite du Soisonnais (Early Ypresian, MP7) of the Oise region (France). After the preliminary su rvey of the flora and the vertebrate and arthropod faunas, we propose a rec onstruction of a fluvio-lacustrine palaeoenvironment with a forest, under a warm and wet seasonal climate. This site is outstanding because of the ric hness, diversity and the state of preservation of the fossils. The present discovery opens a unique window on terrestrial life during the Earliest Eoc ene. ((C) Academie des sciences / Elsevier, Paris.).