Middle Ilerdien, Fontcouverte, Aude (Eocene of France)

Where: France (43.2° N, 2.7° E: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 0.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Marnes de Foncouverte Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, gray, sandy marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: replaced with calcite, replaced with pyrite

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: G. Breton and D. Vizcaïno. 1997. Astérides (Echinodermata) de l'Ilerdien moyen (Yprésien) des Corbières (Aude, France) : systématique, relations paléobiogéographiques et évolutives. Bulletin de la Société d'Etudes Scientifiques de l'Aude 97:11-28 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 59789: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 12.04.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
 Comatulida - Antedonidae
Antedon atacicus
Antedon atacicus Feather star
 Comatulida - Bourgueticrinidae
Conocrinus pyriformis, Conocrinus thorenti
Conocrinus thorenti d'Archaic 1846 Feather star
Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Pycinasteridae
Pycinaster corbaricus n. sp.
Pycinaster corbaricus n. sp. Breton and Vizcaïno 1997 sea star
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Crateraster lamberti, Nymphaster fontis n. sp., Calliderma atagensis, Recurvaster migrans n. sp.
Crateraster lamberti Valette 1925 sea star
Nymphaster fontis n. sp. Breton and Vizcaïno 1997 sea star
Calliderma atagensis Valette 1925 sea star
Recurvaster migrans n. sp. Breton and Vizcaïno 1997 sea star
 Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Tethyaster sp. n. sp.
Tethyaster sp. n. sp. Sladen 1889 sea star
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris subularis
Cidaris subularis pencil urchin
 Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae
Rhabdocidaris mespilum
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula angusta n. sp.
Nucula angusta n. sp. nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda sp." = Nuculana
"Leda sp." = Nuculana Link 1807 pointed nut clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Cardita (Venericardia) squamosissima n. sp." = Venericardia, "Cardita (Venericardia) albasiensis n. sp." = Venericardia
"Cardita (Venericardia) squamosissima n. sp." = Venericardia clam
"Cardita (Venericardia) albasiensis n. sp." = Venericardia clam
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo tournali, Teredo burtini, Teredo parvula n. sp., Teredo annulata
Teredo parvula n. sp. clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama turgidula
Chama turgidula jewel box
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Vulsella falcata, Vulsella aegyptiaca, Vulsella corbarica n. sp., Vulsella leymeriei n. sp.
Vulsella corbarica n. sp. oyster
Vulsella leymeriei n. sp. oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea (Exogyra) eversa" = Exogyra, "Ostrea (Exogyra) boussaci n. sp." = Exogyra
"Ostrea (Exogyra) eversa" = Exogyra oyster
"Ostrea (Exogyra) boussaci n. sp." = Exogyra oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea (Pycnodonta) oppenheimi, Ostrea (Alectryonia) boriesi n. sp.
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys pradellensis, Spondylus boriesi n. sp.
Spondylus boriesi n. sp. scallop