Where: Essonne, France (48.5° N, 2.2° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 43.3° N, 6.7° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Falun de Jeurs Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, yellow, argillaceous sandstone
Primary reference: J. L. Gitton, P. Lozouet, and P. Maestrati. 1986. Biostratigraphie et paleoecologie des gisements types du Stampian de la region d''Etampes (Essonne). Geologie de la France 1:3-101 [A. Miller/K. Layou/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 9127: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 25.09.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Lentidium nitidum" = Lentidium (Ajanssenium) nitidum, Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
"Lentidium nitidum" = Lentidium (Ajanssenium) nitidum Sowerby 1822 clam | |
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
Pelecyora (Cordiopsis) incrassata Nyst 1836 venus clam
Tivelina depressa venus clam | |
Abra sp. Lamarck 1818 abra | |
Parvicardium scobinula cockle | |
Parvilucina laureti clam
"Lucina" sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
"Ostrea cyathula" = Crassostrea cyathula
"Ostrea cyathula" = Crassostrea cyathula Lamarck 1806 oyster | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Calyptraea striatella slipper shell | |
"Hemiconus symmetricus" = Conus (Hemiconus)
"Hemiconus symmetricus" = Conus (Hemiconus) cone shell | |
"Rissoa turbinata" = Turboella turbinata
"Rissoa turbinata" = Turboella turbinata Lamarck 1804 snail | |
Bittium sublima cerith snail | |
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail |