Tuillerie de Gan: Ypresian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Holothuroidea - Apodida - Synaptidae
Synaptites cuvillieri Deflandre-Rigaud 1949
recombined as Rigaudites cuvillieri
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Merle 2000
Leidybatis sp. Cappetta 1986
Merle 2000
originally entered as "Leidibatys sp."
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Sigmesalia duvali
Merle 2000
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Vicetia hantkeni (Lefèvre 1878)
Merle 2000
recombined as Gisortia (Vicetia) hantkeni
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Hemiconus raoulti
Merle 2000
spelled with current rank as Conus (Hemiconus)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Vepricardium gigas
Merle 2000
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Zanthopsidae
Xanthopsis dufouri (Milne-Edwards 1850)
Merle 2000
recombined as Zanthopsis dufouri
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 43.2° North, 0.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.6° North, 1.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Ypresian Nannofossil zone: NP13
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Marnes de Gan
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray poorly lithified sandy claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:deep subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils,some microfossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),chemical,mechanical,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:94693
Authorizer:L. Villier Enterer:L. Villier
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-03-09 08:00:26 Last modified:2010-03-09 10:00:26
Access level:the public Released:2010-03-09 08:00:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

32257. M. Deflandre-Rigaud. 1949. Révision du manipule Synaptites sclérites d'holothuries fossiles. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique 946:1-11 [L. Villier/L. Villier]

Secondary references:

32261 D. Merle. 2000. Première étude taphonomique de la prédation affectant de grands mollusques benthiques dans l'Eocene de Gan (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France). Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Serie II. Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 330(3):217-220 [L. Villier/L. Villier]