PBDB Collection

Middle Ilerdien, Fontcouverte, Aude (Eocene of France)

Where: France (43.2° N, 2.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 34.3° N, 9.1° E (Wright 2013)

• 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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Bivalvia
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Chlamys pradellensis, Spondylus boriesi n. sp. Chlamys pradellensis scallop Spondylus boriesi n. sp. scallop
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. Ostrea (Pycnodonta) oppenheimi oyster Ostrea (Alectryonia) boriesi n. sp. oyster
Ostreida - Malleidae	Vulsella falcata, Vulsella aegyptiaca, Vulsella corbarica n. sp., Vulsella leymeriei n. sp. Vulsella falcata oyster Vulsella aegyptiaca oyster Vulsella corbarica n. sp. oyster Vulsella leymeriei n. sp. oyster
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
Cardiida - Chamidae	Chama turgidula Chama turgidula jewel box
Pholadida - Teredinidae	Teredo tournali, Teredo burtini, Teredo parvula n. sp., Teredo annulata Teredo tournali clam Teredo burtini clam Teredo parvula n. sp. clam Teredo annulata clam
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
Asteroidea
Valvatida - Pycinasteridae	Pycinaster corbaricus n. sp. Pycinaster corbaricus n. sp. Breton and Vizcaïno 1997 sea star
Valvatida - Goniasteridae	Recurvaster migrans n. sp., Nymphaster fontis n. sp., Calliderma atagensis, Crateraster lamberti Recurvaster migrans n. sp. Breton and Vizcaïno 1997 sea star Nymphaster fontis n. sp. Breton and Vizcaïno 1997 sea star Calliderma atagensis Valette 1925 sea star Crateraster lamberti Valette 1925 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 Rhabdocidaris mespilum pencil urchin
Crinoidea
Comatulida - Bourgueticrinidae	Conocrinus pyriformis, Conocrinus thorenti Conocrinus pyriformis Feather star Conocrinus thorenti d'Archaic 1846 Feather star
Comatulida - Antedonidae	Antedon atacicus Antedon atacicus Feather star