Where: France (43.2° N, 0.4° W: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 1.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: NP13 nannofossil zone, Marnes de Gan Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; poorly lithified, gray, sandy claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), chemical, mechanical, sieve,
Primary reference: M. Deflandre-Rigaud. 1949. Révision du manipule Synaptites sclérites d'holothuries fossiles. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique 946:1-11 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 94693: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 09.03.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Holothuroidea | |
"Synaptites cuvillieri" = Rigaudites cuvillieri
"Synaptites cuvillieri" = Rigaudites cuvillieri Deflandre-Rigaud 1949 sea cucumber | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray | |
Gastropoda | |
Sigmesalia duvali turret shell | |
"Vicetia hantkeni" = Gisortia (Vicetia) hantkeni
"Vicetia hantkeni" = Gisortia (Vicetia) hantkeni Lefèvre 1878 cowry | |
"Hemiconus raoulti" = Conus (Hemiconus)
"Hemiconus raoulti" = Conus (Hemiconus) cone shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Vepricardium gigas cockle | |
Malacostraca | |
"Xanthopsis dufouri" = Zanthopsis dufouri
"Xanthopsis dufouri" = Zanthopsis dufouri Milne-Edwards 1850 crab |