Saint-Paul-lès-Dax (Aquitanian), Aquitaine (Miocene of France)

Where: France (43.7° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 3.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic data. THICKNESS: From unit of unknown thickness AGE: Aquitanian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Unknown.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, assumed based of figured specimens, excellent preservation, free of sediment.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Reposited in the MNHN

• COLLECTORS: Unknown. REPOSITORY: MNHN, Paris.

Primary reference: P. Lozouet. 1998. Nouvelles espéces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de L'Oligocéne et di Miocéne inférieur de"Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Cossmanniana 5(3-4):61-102 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74866: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 31.08.2007, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to some families of Gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritive publication with species level assignments.
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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Scaliolidae
Scaliola fallaciosa n. sp.
Scaliola fallaciosa n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
Circulus sigaretornuformis n. sp.
Circulus sigaretornuformis n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Alvania aturensis n. sp., Alvania andraldensis n. sp.
Alvania aturensis n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
Alvania andraldensis n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Volvarina tumulensis n. sp.
Volvarina tumulensis n. sp. Lozouet 1998 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Ponderia abessensis n. sp.
Ponderia abessensis n. sp. Lozouet 1998 murex snail
 Lepetellida - Scissurellidae
Praescissurella oligomiocaenica n. sp.
Praescissurella oligomiocaenica n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae
Cirsonella funata n. sp.
Cirsonella funata n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora bartonensis, Acropora wilsonae, Acropora anglica
Acropora bartonensis Wallace 2008 stony coral
Acropora wilsonae Wallace 2008 stony coral
Acropora anglica Duncan 1866 stony coral