Where: Yvelines, France (48.8° N, 1.9° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 41.3° N, 8.2° E (Wright 2013)
When: 5b Member (Banc à verrins Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• Middle Lutetian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, glauconitic, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. T. Sanders, D. Merle, and L. Villier. 2015. The molluscs of the “Falunière” of Grignon (Middle Lutetian, Yvelines, France): quantification of lithification bias and its impact on the biodiversity assessment of the Middle Eocene of Western Europe. Geodiversitas 37(3):345-365 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 177974: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 12.04.2016
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Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) granulata" = Limopsis
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) granulata" = Limopsis clam | |
Cubitostrea plicata Solander 1766 oyster | |
"Cardium (Loxocardium) obliquum" = Loxocardium obliquum, Cardium sp.
"Cardium (Loxocardium) obliquum" = Loxocardium obliquum Lamarck 1805 cockle /Cardium (Loxocardium) obliquum bouei
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
"Tellina (Elliptotellina) tellinella" = Elliptotellina tellinella
"Tellina (Elliptotellina) tellinella" = Elliptotellina tellinella Lamarck 1806 tellin clam | |
Costacallista laevigata Lamarck 1806 venus clam | |
Varicorbula minuta Deshayes 1824 clam
Notocorbula rugosa Lamarck 1806 clam
Caryocorbula striata Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Clava (Semivertagus) melanoides cerith snail | |
Sigmesalia multisulcata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
Omalaxis bifrons Lamarck 1804 turret shell
Haustator imbricatarius turret shell | |
Rimella fissurella Linnaeus 1767 true conch | |
Olivancillaria (Pseudolivella) mitreola olive snail | |
Amalda (Baryspira) dubia snail | |
Cylichna bruguierei snail | |
Acteon deshayesi snail |