Where: France (43.6° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 4.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Upper Member (Nousse Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• middle Lutetian
Environment/lithology: marine; sandy marl
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: C.-H. Lin, D. Nolf, E. Steurbaut and A. Girone. 2017. Fish otoliths from the Lutetian of the Aquitaine Basin (SW France), a breakthrough in the knowledge of the European Eocene ichthyofauna. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(11):879-907 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 188959: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.09.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Diaphus cyrano lanternfish
Diaphus trapezoidalis lanternfish | |
Rhynchoconger transversus Sulc 1932 conger eel |