Saint-Étienne-d'Orthe, Aquitaine (Oligocene of France)

Where: France (43.6° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 3.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic data. THICKNESS: From unit of unknown thickness AGE: Chattian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Unknown.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, assumed based of figured specimens, excellent preservation, free of sediment.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Reposited in the MNHN

• COLLECTORS: Unknown. REPOSITORY: MNHN, Paris.

Primary reference: P. Lozouet. 1998. Nouvelles espéces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de L'Oligocéne et di Miocéne inférieur de"Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Cossmanniana 5(3-4):61-102 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74860: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 31.08.2007, edited by Uta Merkel, Mihaela Krause and Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to some families of Gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritive publication with species level assignments.
unclassified
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Actinopteri
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus pristismetallis n. sp.1 lanternfish
Diaphus alcoholicus1 Brzobohaty and Nolf 1995 lanternfish
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithidium plebeium n. sp. Lozouet 1998 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Scaliolidae
Clatrofenella intermedia n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
Scaliola fallaciosa n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
 Neogastropoda - Coralliophilidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
Circulus estotensis n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
Circulus enaulus n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
Circulus paulensis n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Iravadiidae
Pseudonoba tarbelliana n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
Tornus sinuosus n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Eatoniellidae
Crassitoniella europaea n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Rissoa alienocurta n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
Alvania sanctipaulensis n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
Alvania stephanensis n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
Alvania aturensis n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
Alvania hortensis n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
Alvania sublagouardensis n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
Alvania virodunensis n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
Alvania riparia n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
Alvania parazosta n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
Alvania discazalorum n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
Alvania boucherti n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
Zebina subneriniformis n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Trichotropidae
Cerithioderma ultima n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
Clio "sp. 1"2 Linnaeus 1767 snail
Vaginella tricuspidata2 Zorn and Janssen 1993 snail
Creseis "sp. 2"2 Rang 1828 snail
Creseis spina2 Reuss 1867 snail
Styliola subula2 Quoy and Gaimard 1827 snail
 Thecosomata -
 Thecosomata - Limacinidae
Heliconoides linneensis2 Janssen 2008 snail
Heliconoides hospes2 Rolle 1861 snail
 Heterostropha - Orbitestellidae
Orbitestella granulata n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae
Cirsonella funata n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
 Lepetellida - Scissurellidae
Praescissurella oligomiocaenica n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
Larocheopsis marshalli n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
 Cavolinioidea - Cuvierinidae