Fercourt (Eocene of France)

Where: France (49.3° N, 2.2° E: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 1.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Calcaire Grossier Formation, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Nolf. 1972. Les otolithes du calcaire grossier a fercourt (Eocene du bassin du Paris). Bulletin de la Société belge de géologie, de paléontologie et d'hydrologie 81(1-2):129-157 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 220174: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.05.2021

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Paraconger sauvagei
Paraconger sauvagei Priem 1906 conger eel
 Anguilliformes - Muraenidae
Gymnothorax diagonalis
Gymnothorax diagonalis Stinton and Nolf 1970 eel
 Acanthomorphata - Trachinidae
"Platycephalus janeti" = Trachinus janeti
"Platycephalus janeti" = Trachinus janeti Priem 1911
 Caproiformes - Antigoniidae
Antigonia angusta
Antigonia angusta Stinton and Nolf 1970
 Beryciformes -
Trachichthodes circularis
 Perciformes -
"Ambassis electilis" = Percoideorum electilis
"Ambassis electilis" = Percoideorum electilis Stinton and Nolf 1970 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Pomadasyidae
? Caesio concavissimus n. sp.
? Caesio concavissimus n. sp. perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Cepolidae
Cepola sp., Cepola elegans
Cepola sp. Linnaeus 1764 perch-like fish
Cepola elegans Nolf 1972 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Platycephalidae
Platycephalus aculeatus
Platycephalus aculeatus Stinton and Nolf 1970 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Serranidae
? Epinephelus sp.
? Epinephelus sp. Bloch 1793 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Oblada joneti
Oblada joneti Stinton and Nolf 1970 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Scorpaenidae
? Scorpaena sp.
? Scorpaena sp. Linnaeus 1758 scorpionfish
 Acanthomorphata - Priacanthidae
? Pristigenys srutoti, Pristigenys caduca
Pristigenys caduca Nolf 1971
 Acanthomorphata - Chaetodontidae
Pomacanthus fitchi n. sp., ? Centropyge kotthausi n. sp.
Pomacanthus fitchi n. sp. Nolf 1972
? Centropyge kotthausi n. sp. Nolf 1972
 Acanthomorphata - Lutjanidae
Lutianus lerichei n. sp.
Lutianus lerichei n. sp. Nolf 1972
 Acanthomorphata - Haemulidae
"Lutianus kokeni" = Haemulidarum kokeni
"Lutianus kokeni" = Haemulidarum kokeni Leriche 1905
 Spariformes - Centracanthidae
Spicara aff. armabourgi
 Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
"Jordanicus lisus" = Carapus lisus
"Jordanicus lisus" = Carapus lisus Nolf 1971
 Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae
Ogilbia kokeni, Brosmophycis cf. regularis
Ogilbia kokeni Priem 1906
 Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Genypterus rectangularis n. sp., "Lepophidium aequalis" = Aequalobythites aequalis, Hoplobrotula sulcata n. sp., Hoplobrotula lerichei
Genypterus rectangularis n. sp. Nolf 1972
"Lepophidium aequalis" = Aequalobythites aequalis Stinton and Nolf 1970
Hoplobrotula sulcata n. sp. Nolf 1972
Hoplobrotula lerichei Stinton and Nolf 1970
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
? Pelamys sp.
? Pelamys sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1831
 Pleuronectiformes - Psettodidae
Psettodes spinosus, Psettodes oedelemensis
Psettodes spinosus Nolf 1972 flatfish
Psettodes oedelemensis Nolf 1971 flatfish
 Acanthomorphata - Embiotocidae
? Neoditrema fercourtensis n. sp.
? Neoditrema fercourtensis n. sp. Nolf 1972
 Acanthomorphata - Ambassidae
"Pagrosomus meldertensis" = Dapalis meldertensis
"Pagrosomus meldertensis" = Dapalis meldertensis Nolf 1972
 Blenniiformes - Blenniidae
Exallias vectensis n. sp.
Exallias vectensis n. sp. Nolf 1972
 Kurtiformes - Apogonidae
Apogon bellovacinus
Apogon bellovacinus Priem 1911 Cardinalfish
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Sardinops sp.
Sardinops sp. Hubbs 1929 herring
Formionidae
  - Formionidae
Parastromateus ? tavernei