Morigny I 66379, Gisement de Morigny, Falun de Jeurs, Essonne, France (Oligocene of France)

Where: Essonne, France (48.5° N, 2.2° E: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 1.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Falun de Jeurs Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified sandstone

• no specific description given, but the bed is within a sandstone-dominated formation, and surrounded by sandstone beds

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 9135: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 26.09.2000

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sandbergeri Deshayes 1860 ark
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea cyathula" = Crassostrea cyathula
"Ostrea cyathula" = Crassostrea cyathula Lamarck 1806 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Paralucinella undulata Lamarck 1806 clam
"Lucina" sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
"Claibornites thierensi" = Callucina (Callucina) thierensi Hébert 1849 clam
Pegophysema omaliusi Deshayes 1858 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula" sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba subpisum
"Lentidium nitidum" = Lentidium (Ajanssenium) nitidum Sowerby 1822 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium (Habecardium) tenuisulcatum Nyst 1836 cockle
Laevicardium (Habecardium) tenuisulcatum
Parvicardium sp. Monterosato 1884 cockle
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra sp. Lamarck 1818 abra
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Arcopagia heberti, "Tellina (Peronaea) benedeni" = Angulus (Peronaea) benedeni, Tellina sp.
Arcopagia heberti tellin clam
"Tellina (Peronaea) benedeni" = Angulus (Peronaea) benedeni Nyst and Westendorp 1839 tellin clam
Tellina (Peronaea) benedeni nysti
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
"Villorita neglecta" = Cyrenorita neglecta
"Villorita neglecta" = Cyrenorita neglecta Nsyt 1836 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
Callista splendida Mérian 1860 venus clam
Pelecyora (Cordiopsis) incrassata Nyst 1836 venus clam
Pelecyora (Cordiopsis) incrassata
Tivelina depressa venus clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula greppini Deshayes 1858 nut clam
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Jujubinus sp. Monterosato 1884 top snail
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa sp. Brown 1827 snail
Retusa (Cylichnina) minuta snail
(=minima Sandb.)
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail
 Cerithioidea - Litiopidae
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Bayania semidecussata Lamarck 1804 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium sublima cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
"Pirenella plicata" = Granulolabium plicatum
"Pirenella plicata" = Granulolabium plicatum Bruguiére 1792 snail
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
 Cerithioidea - Brachytrematidae
 Cerithioidea - Scaliolidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Polinices (Lunatia) achatensis" = Lunatia, Polinices sp.
"Polinices (Lunatia) achatensis" = Lunatia moon snail
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
"Alvania (Taramellia) duboisi" = Galeodinopsis semperi, "Rissoa turbinata" = Turboella turbinata
"Alvania (Taramellia) duboisi" = Galeodinopsis semperi Wiechmann 1871 snail
"Rissoa turbinata" = Turboella turbinata Lamarck 1804 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Elachisinidae
Cirsope sp. Cossmann 1888 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais speciosa Schlotheim 1820 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea striatella slipper shell