Falunière of Grignon Lithified Sample 2 (Eocene of France)

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

• Glauconitic with bioclasts and grains of quartz filling micro-channels, Campanile giganteum, lithified agregates

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
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
 Arcida - Limopsidae
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) granulata" = Limopsis
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) granulata" = Limopsis clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea plicata Solander 1766 oyster
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium (Loxocardium) obliquum" = Loxocardium obliquum, Cardium sp.
"Cardium (Loxocardium) obliquum" = Loxocardium obliquum Lamarck 1805 cockle
/Cardium (Loxocardium) obliquum bouei
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina (Elliptotellina) tellinella" = Elliptotellina tellinella
"Tellina (Elliptotellina) tellinella" = Elliptotellina tellinella Lamarck 1806 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Costacallista laevigata Lamarck 1806 venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Varicorbula minuta Deshayes 1824 clam
Notocorbula rugosa Lamarck 1806 clam
Caryocorbula striata Lamarck 1801 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Sigmesalia multisulcata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
Omalaxis bifrons Lamarck 1804 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Rimella fissurella Linnaeus 1767 true conch
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
 Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae