Saint-Restitut (Miocene of France)

Where: France (44.3° N, 4.8° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 3.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• mollasse calcaire helvetienne

•Rhodanian stratotype

•Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateux section

Environment/lithology: marine; argillaceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Depéret. 1887. Vertebres Miocenes de la vallee du Rhone. Archives du Museum d'histoire Naturelle de Lyon 4:42-291 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 66288: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.10.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Coccolithophyceae
 Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
"Coccolithus abisectus" = Coccolithus, "Cyclococcolithus floredanus" = Coccolithus, Coccolithus pelagicus
"Coccolithus abisectus" = Coccolithus
"Cyclococcolithus floredanus" = Coccolithus
Coccolithus pelagicus Wallich 1877
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Helicosphaera
  -
Helicosphaera carteri
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Helicosphaera carteri Wallich 1877
Reticulofenestra
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Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Florilus sp. Monfort 1808
Astrononion sp. Cushman and Edwards 1927
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Elphidium sp. Monfort 1808
 Rotaliina - Bolivinidae
Brizalina sp. Costa 1856
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Ammonia sp. Bruennich 1772
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
"Culicia parasitica" = Culicia parasita
"Culicia parasitica" = Culicia parasita Michelin 1847 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella vermicularis" = Turritella (Haustator) vermicularis
"Turritella vermicularis" = Turritella (Haustator) vermicularis Brocchi 1814 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
"Ficula condita" = Ficus condita
"Ficula condita" = Ficus condita Brongniart 1823 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Tapes sp. Mühlfeld 1811 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
Celleporaria palmata Michelin 1847
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Cytheridea acuminata ostracod
subspecies caumontensis
 Podocopida - Loxoconchidae
Loxoconcha linearis ostracod
subspecies linearis
 Podocopida - Leguminocythereidae
Leguminocythereis elongata ostracod
subspecies restitutensis
 Podocopida - Hemicytheridae
Quadracythere bavarica ostracod
subspecies rhodanica
Aurila vauclusi ostracod
Aurila cicatricosa Reuss 1850 ostracod
subspecies lauzea
Hemicythere triangularis ostracod
subspecies triangularis
Hemicythere notata ostracod
subspeces costulata
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Echinoidea
 Camarodonta - Echinidae
Psammechinus dubius Agassiz 1840 sea urchin
 Clypeasteroida - Scutellidae
Scutella sp. Lamarck 1816 sand dollar
Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Delphinus restitutensis n. sp. Depéret 1887 toothed whale