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


 * Berruvius lasseroni
 * Chiromyoides campanicus
 * Plesiadapis remensis
 * P. tricuspidens
 * Sarnacius gingerichi


 * Acreodi
 * Dissacus europaeus


 * Eutheria
 * Landenodon lavocati


 * Macroscelidea


 * Berrulestes pellouini
 * B. phelizoni
 * B. poirieri
 * Dipavali petri
 * Gigarton louisi
 * G. meyeri
 * G. sigogneauae
 * Louisina marci
 * L. mirabilis
 * Thryptodon brailloni
 * Walbeckodon girardi


 * Multituberculata
 * Hainina godfriauxi
 * H. vianeyae


 * Perissodactyls


 * Paschatherium dolloi
 * Phakodon levei
 * Teilhardimys brisswalteri


 * Placentalia


 * Bustylus cernaysi
 * B. germanicus
 * Remiculus deutschi
 * Tricuspiodon rutimeyer
 * T. sobrinus
 * Afrodon sp.
 * Tricuspiodon sp.


 * Theriiformes
 * Adapisoriculidae indet.

Birds

 * Berruornis orbisantiqui
 * Eupterornis remensis
 * Gastornis parisiensis
 * Remiornis heberti

Reptiles

 * Crocodiles
 * Diplocynodon remensis


 * Lizards


 * Camptognathosaurus parisiensis
 * Cernaycerta duchaussoisi
 * Eolacerta sp.
 * Necrosaurus sp.
 * Amphisbaenidae indet.


 * Turtles


 * Compsemys russelli
 * Laurasichersis relicta
 * Trionyx sp.
 * Cryptodira indet.

Amphibians

 * Palaeoproteus gallicus
 * Koalliella sp.
 * Palaeobatrachus sp.
 * cf. Salamandra sp.
 * Bufonidae indet.
 * Neobatrachia indet.