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Hallensia fossil map

Where fossils of Hallensia have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 56 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 56 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Hallensia
Image: Ghedoghedo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived56–48.07 million years ago (Ypresian)
PeriodsPaleogene
Named byFranzen and Haubold 1986
Fossil records12 occurrences at 6 locations (PBDB)
Found inFrance, Belgium
Rock formationsTienen, Argiles a Lignites de d’Epernay, Lignites de Soissonais, txn:NF, Falun de Pourcy, Sands of Dormaal

About Hallensia

Hallensia is an extinct genus of perissodactyl.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Hallensia (revision 1341187384), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q5642888.

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