Falunière of Grignon Unlithified Sample 3: Lutetian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Syphopsis denudata
Laeocochlis sp.
Callista elegans Lamarck 1806
Mammalia - Aspalacidae
Pseudotoma coronata
misspelling Pseudostoma
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Clava (Semivertagus) melanoides
Hemicerithium bernayi
Bittium semigranosum
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Omalaxis bifrons (Lamarck 1804)
Sigmesalia informal indet. 1 Finlay and Marwick 1937
Sigmesalia multisulcata (Lamarck 1804)
Haustator imbricatarius
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica epiglottina Lamarck 1804
recombined as Cochlis epiglottina
Amauropsina canaliculata (Lamarck 1804)
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoina clavula (Deshayes 1825)
recombined as Rissoina (Rissoina) clavula
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Conomitra graniformis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Amalda (Gracilispira) buccinoides
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivancillaria (Pseudolivella) mitreola
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Unitas separata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Clavilithes (Clavellofusus) parisiensis (Mayer-Eymar 1877)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Suessionia costuosa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Stazzania sp. Sacco 1889
spelled with current rank as Marginella (Stazzania)
Volvarinella eburnea
Volvarinella crassula
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Gibberula ovulata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Turricula (Crenaturricula) dentata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Raphitoma baudoni
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae informal indet. 4 Swainson 1840
Turridae informal indet. 5 Swainson 1840
Turridae informal indet. 1 Swainson 1840
Oxyacrum obliterata
Eopleurotoma bezanconi
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Rimella fissurella (Linnaeus 1767)
Ectinochilus planus (Beyrich 1854)
recombined as Ectinochilus planum
Ectinochilus canalis (Coquebert and Brongniart 1793)
recombined as Rimella canalis
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora schroeteri
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Syrnola (Puposyrnola) parva
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula ringens
Gastropoda - Colloniidae
Collonia (Cirsochilus) grignonensis
original and current combination Cirsochilus
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia
Nipteraxis plicatum
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna bruguierei
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia
Roxania ovulata
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Varicorbula minuta (Deshayes 1824)
Notocorbula rugosa (Lamarck 1806)
Caryocorbula striata (Lamarck 1801)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar sp. Römer 1857
Pitar (Calpitaria) parisiensis (Deshayes 1857)
recombined as Pitar parisiensis
Costacallista laevigata (Lamarck 1806)
Meroena semisulcata (Lamarck 1806)
Tivelina gibbosula (Deshayes 1857)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Elliptotellina) tellinella (Lamarck 1806)
recombined as Elliptotellina tellinella
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra pusilla
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Loxocardium) obliquum Lamarck 1805
recombined as Loxocardium obliquum
/Cardium (Loxocardium) obliquum bouei
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
Vepricardium asperulum (Lamarck 1805)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella informal sp. 1 Lamarck 1799
Bathytormus lamellosus
Crassatina triangularis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792
Venericardia acuticosta
Venericardia imbricata Lamarck 1801
Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) pulchra (Deshayes 1858)
Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) elegans (Lamarck 1806)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Condylocardiidae
Condylocardia atomus
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea plicata (Solander 1766)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Scapularca sp. Cossmann and Peyrot 1912
spelled with current rank as Trigonodesma (Scapularca)
Barbatia barbatula
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778
Glycymeris dispar (Defrance 1826)
Glycymeris pulvinata (Lamarck 1805)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis (Pectunculina) granulata
synonym of Limopsis
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Yvelines
Coordinates: 48.8° North, 1.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.7° North, 1.6° West
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Lutetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Lutetian
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Banc à verrins Member:5b
Local section:“Falunière” of Grignon Local bed:4.8 - 5.6 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Lutetian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic unlithified calcareous sandstone
Lithology description: Glauconitic with bioclasts and grains of quartz filling micro-channels, Campanile giganteum, lithified agregates
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:177972
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2016-04-12 13:32:06 Last modified:2016-04-12 13:32:06
Access level:the public Released:2016-04-12 13:32:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
58859. M. T. Sanders, D. Merle, and L. Villier. 2015. The molluscs of the “Falunière” of Grignon (Middle Lutetian, Yvelines, France): quantification of lithification bias and its impact on the biodiversity assessment of the Middle Eocene of Western Europe. Geodiversitas 37(3):345-365 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]