Where: Essonne, France (48.5° N, 2.2° E: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 1.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Calcaire Grossier d'Etrechy Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, concretionary, silty, calcareous sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
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 9067: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 21.09.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Jujubinus stampinensis top snail
Jujubinus subincrassatus top snail
Jujubinus sp. Monterosato 1884 top snail | |
Calyptraea striatella slipper shell | |
Benoistia boblayi snail | |
Tympanotonos sp. Schumacher 1817 horn snail | |
Bittium sublima cerith snail | |
"Pirenella plicata" = Granulolabium plicatum
"Pirenella plicata" = Granulolabium plicatum Bruguiére 1792 snail | |
"Rissoa turbinata" = Turboella turbinata
"Rissoa turbinata" = Turboella turbinata Lamarck 1804 snail | |
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail | |
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Pegophysema omaliusi, Ctena squamosa, "Lucina" sp., "Claibornites thierensi" = Callucina (Callucina) thierensi
Pegophysema omaliusi Deshayes 1858 clam
Ctena squamosa clam
"Lucina" sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
"Claibornites thierensi" = Callucina (Callucina) thierensi Hébert 1849 clam | |
"Lentidium nitidum" = Lentidium (Ajanssenium) nitidum Sowerby 1822 clam
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam | |
Sphenia tenera softshell clam | |
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
Callista splendida Mérian 1860 venus clam
Pelecyora (Cordiopsis) incrassata Nyst 1836 venus clam
Tivelina depressa venus clam | |
Parvicardium sp. Monterosato 1884 cockle | |
Abra sp. Lamarck 1818 abra | |
Musculus analogus mussel | |
Modiolus stampinensis mussel | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Pteria stampinesis pearl oyster | |
"Ostrea cyathula" = Crassostrea cyathula
"Ostrea cyathula" = Crassostrea cyathula Lamarck 1806 oyster |