Peyrère (=Peyrehorade) marls: Chattian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Pterothrissus umbonatus (Koken 1884)
Steurbaut 1982
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Congridarum sp. Kaup 1856
Steurbaut 1982
Conger sp. Schaeffer 1760
Steurbaut 1982
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Etrumeus jansseni n. sp. Steurbaut 1982
Steurbaut 1982
Clupeidarum sp. Cuvier 1817
Steurbaut 1982
Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Phosichthyidae
Polymetme supraoligocenioca n. sp.
Steurbaut 1982
Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Valenciennellus brzobohatyi n. sp. Steurbaut 1982
Steurbaut 1982
Sternoptychidarum sp. Unknown
Steurbaut 1982
Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae
Oligopus aff. pseudoaocuminatus
Steurbaut 1982
Actinopteri - Polynemidae
Polynemidarum sp. Unknown
Steurbaut 1982
Actinopteri - Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
aff. Lesueurigobius sp. Whitley 1950
Steurbaut 1982
Gobiidarum sp. Unknown
Steurbaut 1982
Actinopteri - Kurtiformes - Apogonidae
Apogon moyesi n. sp. Steurbaut 1982
Steurbaut 1982
Actinopteri - Acropomatidae
Neoscombrops sp. Gilchrist 1922
Steurbaut 1982
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Scorpaenidae
Scorpaenidarum sp. Risso 1826
Steurbaut 1982
Actinopteri - Leiognathidae
Gazza orthensis n. sp. Steurbaut 1982
Steurbaut 1982
Actinopteri - Epigonidae
Epigonus sp. Rafinesque 1810
Steurbaut 1982
Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Trachichthyidae
Gephyroberyx sp. Boulenger 1902
Steurbaut 1982
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus sp. Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890
Steurbaut 1982
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Scopelarchidae
Scopelarchus nollffi n. sp.
Steurbaut 1982
Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecideidae
Lacazella mediterranea (Risso 1826)
Bitner et al. 2013 483 specimens
306 specimens, 105 ventral and 72 dorsal valves (6 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina retusa (Linnaeus 1758)
Bitner et al. 2013 100 specimens
74 specimens, 11 ventral and 15 dorsal valves (3 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Kraussinidae
Megerlia truncata (Linnaeus 1767)
Bitner et al. 2013 7 specimens
4 specimens, 1 ventral and 2 dorsal valves (3 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Megathiris detruncata (Gmelin 1791)
Bitner et al. 2013 194 specimens
120 specimens, 32 ventral and 42 dorsal valves (3 measurements)
Argyrotheca cuneata (Risso 1826)
Bitner et al. 2013 15 specimens
6 specimens, 6 ventral and 3 dorsal valves (3 measurements)
Argyrotheca bitnerae Dulai 2011
Bitner et al. 2013 22 specimens
13 specimens, 2 ventral and 7 dorsal valves
Joania cordata (Risso 1826)
Bitner et al. 2013 7 specimens
3 specimens, 3 ventral and one dorsal valve
Joania peyrerensis n. sp. Bitner et al. 2013
Bitner et al. 2013 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Novocrania anomala (Muller 1776)
Bitner et al. 2013 3 specimens
dorsal and ventral valves (2 measurements)
Gastropoda - Cuvierinidae
Spoelia torquayensis
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Limacinidae
Heliconoides hospes (Rolle 1861)
Heliconoides linneensis Janssen 2008
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cavoliniidae
Clio lozoueti
Creseis informal sp. 2
Vaginella chattica
Gastropoda - Ovulidae
Phenacovolva propheta n. sp. Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Phenacovolva gracilisiana n. sp. Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Ransonia senuti n. sp. Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Ransonia faviai n. sp. Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Ransonia coseli Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Ransonia ferruginosa Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Lyncina maestratii n. sp. Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Praerosaria herosae n. sp. Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Prozonarina barcamorpha Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Paguridae
Pagurus sp. Fabricius 1775
Steurbaut 1982
see common names

Geography
Country:France County:Landes
Coordinates: 43.6° North, 1.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.4° North, 3.9° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Oligocene
Stage: Chattian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 4
Key time interval: Chattian Foram zone:  NP25
Age range of interval: 27.82 - 23.03 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Marnes de Saint-Etienne-d’Orthe
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: On the basis of the calcareous nannoplankton these deposits are referred to the zones NP24 and NP25 that correspond with the Chattian (Cahuzac et al. 1995). Cahuzac & Janssen (2010) put it in N25 and id the formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: marls. “grey marls with Eulepidina, and some molluscs and corals” (Cahuzac & Janssen 2010)
Environment:estuary/bay
Geology comments: The localities of Peyrère, Bélus and St-Étienned’Orthe are situated in the area that is considered to be originally a submarine canyon. At the head of the paleocanyon (Peyrère,Bélus) the infralittoral to circalittoral facies with dominance of marls occur.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Feeding/predation traces:drill holes
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils,some microfossils,difficult macrofossils
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:MNHN
Collection method comments: Repository: University of Bourdeaux-1. Samples collected ex situ from sediment dump
Metadata
Also known as:Abandoned Marl Pit at Peyrère.
Database number:152695
Authorizer:M. Clapham, P. Wagner, M. Uhen, W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Manojlovic, M. Krause, M. Uhen, P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-11-30 00:58:46 Last modified:2016-02-16 15:14:12
Access level:the public Released:2013-11-30 00:58:46
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

55728. B. Cahuzac and A. W. Janssen. 2010. Eocene to Miocene holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) of the Aquitaine Basin, southwest France. Scripta geologica 141:1-193 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]

Secondary references:

49210 M. A. Bitner, P. Lozouet, and B. Cahuzac. 2013. Upper Oligocene (Chattian) brachiopod fauna from the Aquitaine Basin, southwestern France and its paleoenviornmental implications. Geodiversitas 35(3):579-606 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic]
57817 L. Dolin and P. Lozouet. 2004. Nouvelles espèces de Gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l’Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur de l’Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 3. Cypraeidae et Ovulidae. Cossmanniana hors série 4:1-164 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
76862 E. Steurbaut. 1982. Les otolithes de teleosteens du gisement de peyere a peyrehorade (couches de passage de l'Oligocene au Miocene d'Aquitaine meridionale, France. Mededelingen van de werkgroep voor tertiaire en kwartaire geologie 19(2):35-57 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]