Where: Senegal (16.2° N, 13.9° W: paleocoordinates 12.8° N, 18.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; poorly lithified, yellow, sandy limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: P. Elouard and J. Roman. 1966. Présence du genre Gagaria (échinide régulier temnopleuridé) dans l'Eocène moyen de la vallée du Sénégal. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 8(6):839-844 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 40798: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 01.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster | |
Carolia placunoides Cantraine 1838 scallop | |
"Cardium cf. halaense" = Trachycardium halaense
"Cardium cf. halaense" = Trachycardium halaense d'Archaic and Haime 1854 cockle | |
Tellina cf. rollandensis tellin clam | |
Meretrix arnaudi venus clam | |
Libitina cf. vicaryi clam | |
Lucina aff. seclusa clam | |
Cardita alloiteaui clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Eovasum jacqueti snail
Eovasum senegalense snail | |
Architectonica aff. bicingulata sundial | |
Euspira cf. oweni moon snail | |
Volutilithes cf. rourei volute
Volutilithes flandrini volute | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinopsis friryi sea urchin
Echinopsis jacqueti sea urchin | |
Gagaria foutatoroensis n. sp.
Gagaria foutatoroensis n. sp. sea urchin |