Saint-Avit, Aquitaine (Miocene of France)

Where: France (44.5° N, 0.4° W: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 2.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic data. THICKNESS: From unit of unknown thickness AGE: Aquitanian. 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 74863: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 31.08.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to some families of Gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritive publication with species level assignments.
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Gastropoda
 Vanikoroidea - Vanikoridae
Macromphalus imacampensis n. sp.
Macromphalus imacampensis n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Alvania andraldensis n. sp.
Alvania andraldensis n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
Tornus aquitanicus n. sp.
Tornus aquitanicus n. sp. Lozouet 1998 snail