PBDB Collection

Leognan: Burdigalian, France

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

unclassified

	Gulia acutangula	Cahuzac et al. 2005

	Squalodon kelloggi n. sp. Rothausen 1968
	= Odontoceti indet.	Cahuzac et al. 2005

	Squalodon n. gen. sp. Grateloup 1840	Grateloup 1840
	= Squalodon grateloupii n. sp.	von Meyer 1843
Reptilia - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae

	Pelagornis miocaenus Lartet 1857	Howard 1957
Reptilia - Suliformes - Sulidae

	Microsula pygmaea (Milne-Edwards 1874)	Gohlich 2003
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

	Trionyx aquitanicus n. sp. Delfortrie 1869	Georgalis and Joyce 2017
	nomen dubium belonging to Trionychidae
	MHNB - type

	Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809	Broin 1977
Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

	Trachyaspis miocenicus n. sp.	Broin 1977

	Chelonia girundica n. sp. Delfortrie 1869	Broin 1977
Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

	Squalodon bordae n. sp. (Gervais 1852)	Kellogg 1923	1 specimen

	Phoca pedronii n. sp. Gervais 1849	Kellogg 1922
	invalid subgroup of Squalodon

	Squalodon grateloupii n. sp. von Meyer 1843	von Meyer 1843	1 specimen

	Delphinoides gratelupi n. sp. Pedroni 1845	Pedroni 1845	1 specimen
	synonym of Squalodon grateloupii
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

	Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Cuvierinidae

	Ireneia nieulandei Janssen 1995	Cahuzac and Janssen 2010
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae

	Ringicula major	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Trochidae

	Colliculus glyphidospinus	Cahuzac et al. 2005
	original and current combination Gibbula (Colliculus)

	Paroxystele burdigalensis	Cahuzac et al. 2005
	spelled with current rank as Diloma (Paroxystele)
Gastropoda - Vasidae

	Tudicla rusticula	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cavoliniidae

	Vaginella depressa Daudin 1800	Cahuzac and Janssen 2010
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Limacinidae

	Limacina valvatina (Reuss 1867)	Cahuzac and Janssen 2010

	Heliconoides inflata (Orbigny 1836)	Cahuzac and Janssen 2010
	recombined as Limacina trochiformis

	Heliconoides ? inflata (Orbigny 1836)	Cahuzac and Janssen 2010
	recombined as Limacina trochiformis
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae

	Scaphander grateloupi	Cahuzac et al. 2005

	Acteocina lajonkaireana (Basterot 1825)	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Turritellidae

	Protoma cathedralis (Brongniart 1856)	Cahuzac et al. 2005
	subspecies quadriplicata

	Turritella terebralis Lamarck 1799	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Dialidae

	Gibborissoa varicosa	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

	Calyptraea depressa Lamarck 1822	Cahuzac et al. 2005
	recombined as Calyptraea (Calyptraea) depressa
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

	Epitoniidae indet. Berry 1910	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Naticidae

	Neverita semiglobosa (Grateloup 1847)	Cahuzac et al. 2005

	Natica crassiuscula	Cahuzac et al. 2005

	Natica burdigalensis	Cahuzac et al. 2005

	Sinum patulum	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Carinariidae

	Carinaria tournoueri Peyrot 1932	Cahuzac and Janssen 2010
Gastropoda - Hydrobiidae

	Carinorbis burdigalus	Cahuzac et al. 2005
	replaced by Carinulorbis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

	Mitrella girondica	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

	Pleuroploca tarbelliana	Cahuzac et al. 2005

	Euthriofusus burdigalensis (Defrance 1820)	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

	Nassarius subtesselatus	Cahuzac et al. 2005

	Nassarius occidentalis	Cahuzac et al. 2005

	Nassarius girondicus	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

	Dorsanum veneris	Cahuzac et al. 2005

	Dorsanum plicatum (Grateloup 1847)	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

	Melongena cornuta (Agassiz 1843)	Cahuzac et al. 2005
	recombined as Galeodes cornutus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

	Ventrilia trochlearis	Cahuzac et al. 2005

	Contortia contorta	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae

	Strioterebrum basteroti (Nyst 1843)	Cahuzac et al. 2005

	Subula plicaria	Cahuzac et al. 2005
	synonym of Terebra
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae

	Clavatula asperulata	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

	Conidae indet. Fleming 1822	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

	Perrona carnifera	Cahuzac et al. 2005

	Perrona semimarginata	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae

	Genota ramosa (Basterot 1825)	Cahuzac et al. 2005
	synonym of Genota valeriae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olivellidae

	Agaronia plicaria	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

	Oliva (Strephona) durfresnei	Cahuzac et al. 2005

	Ancillaria subcanalifera	Cahuzac et al. 2005
	synonym of Ancilla
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae

	Amalda glandiformis (Lamarck 1810)	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae

	Orthosurcula straitulata	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

	Athleta ficulina (Lamarck 1811)	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

	Murex haudmuticus	Cahuzac et al. 2005

	Vitularia linguabovis	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

	Aporrhais meridionalis	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

	Cypraeidae indet. Rafinesque 1815	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Cassidae

	Semicassis grateloupi	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Ficidae

	Ficus condita (Brongniart 1823)	Cahuzac et al. 2005

	Ficopsis burdigalensis (Sowerby 1824)	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae

	Xenophora burdigalensis	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

	Nuculana emarginata (Lamarck 1819)	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

	Aequipecten liberatus	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae

	Anomia burdigalensis	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

	Ostrea digitalina (Eichwald 1830)	Cahuzac et al. 2005
	recombined as Cubitostrea digitalina
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

	Glycymeris cor (Lamarck 1805)	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Galeommatidae

	Spaniorinus burdigalensis	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

	Cardium burdigalinum	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae

	Donax burdigalensis	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

	Tellina bipartita	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae

	Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

	Timoclea subspadicea	Cahuzac et al. 2005

	Chione basteroti	Cahuzac et al. 2005

	Chione biali	Cahuzac et al. 2005

	Tapes vetulus	Cahuzac et al. 2005

	Tapes deshayesi	Cahuzac et al. 2005

	Pitar lamarcki	Cahuzac et al. 2005

	Callista erychinoides	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

	Corbula carinata Dujardin 1837	Cahuzac et al. 2005
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

	Linga columbella (Lamarck 1818)	Cahuzac et al. 2005

	Loripes dantalus	Cahuzac et al. 2005

	Phacoides michelotti	Cahuzac et al. 2005
see common names

Geography

Country:	France	State/province:	Bordeaux
Coordinates:	44.7° North, 0.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	44.8° North, 2.2° West
Basis of coordinate:	estimated from map

Time

Period:	Neogene	Epoch:	Miocene
Stage:	Burdigalian	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:	Burdigalian
Age range of interval:	20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Stratigraphy comments: Molasse ossifere, Faluns de Leognan, MN2-3

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	sandstone
Includes fossils?	Y
Lithology description: Molasse
Environment:	marine indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Reason for describing collection:

taxonomic analysis

Metadata

Database number:	48660
Authorizer:	M. Uhen, P. Holroyd, W. Kiessling, P. Mannion	Enterer:	M. Uhen, P. Mannion, M. Krause, P. Holroyd
Modifier:	M. Uhen	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2005-03-25 12:54:44	Last modified:	2023-07-05 10:13:37
Access level:	the public	Released:	2005-03-25 12:54:44
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

12099.

K. Rothausen. 1968. Die systematische Stellung der europäischen Squalodontidae (Odontoceti, Mamm.). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 42(1-2):83-104 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

60047		F. Broin. 1977. Contribution a l'etude des Cheloniens. Cheloniens continentaux due Cretace et du Tertiare de France. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie C, Sciences de la terre 38:1-366 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
27089		B. Cahuzac, S. Buisson, M. Pommiès and P. Rocher. 2005. Discovery of two teeth of Squalodon (Cetacea Odontoceti) in the Burdigalian of SW France (Martillac, Leognan). Comments about the Squalodon from Aquitaine Basin, the paleoecology of the outcrops, and the type species of the genus. Neus Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaeontologie, Abhandlungen 238(3):413-451 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
55728		B. Cahuzac and A. W. Janssen. 2010. Eocene to Miocene holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) of the Aquitaine Basin, southwest France. Scripta geologica 141:1-193 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]
62147		G. L. Georgalis and W. G. Joyce. 2017. A Review of the Fossil Record of Old World Turtles of the Clade Pan-Trionychidae. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 58(1):115-208 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion]
40668		U. B. Gohlich. 2003. The avifauna of the Grund Beds (Middle Miocene, Early Badenian, northern Austria). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 104:237-249 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/T. Liebrecht]
29085		J. P. S. Grateloup. 1840. Description d'un fragment de machoire fossile, d'un genre nouveau de reptile (saurien). Actes de l'Academie Nationale des Sciences Belles-Letres et Arts de Bordeaux 2:201-210 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
16694		J. P. S. Grateloup. 1840. Considérations générales sur la géologie et la zoologie fossile de la commune de Léognan, prè Bordeaux. Actes de La Societe Linneene de Bordeaux 11:335-346 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
40319		H. Howard. 1957. A gigantic "toothed" marine bird from the Miocene of California. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Department of Geology Bulletin 1:1-23 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
10123		R. Kellogg. 1922. Pinnipeds from Miocene and Pleistocene deposits of California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 13(4):23-132 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
6031		R. Kellogg. 1923. Description of two squalodonts recently discovered in the Calvert Cliffs, Maryland; and notes on the shark-toothed cetaceans. Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum 62(16):1-69 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
28798		P. M. Pedroni. 1845. Ossements fossiles de la Gironde. Actes de la Societe linnenne de Bordeaux 14:74-111 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
16669		H. von Meyer. 1843. Mittheilungen an Professor Bronn gerichtet. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde 1843:698-704 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]