Falunière of Grignon Lithified Sample 1: Lutetian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia
Nipteraxis plicatum
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Sigmesalia multisulcata (Lamarck 1804)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Eopleurotoma decussata
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Amalda (Gracilispira) buccinoides
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Stazzania sp. Sacco 1889
1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Marginella (Stazzania)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris pulvinata (Lamarck 1805)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Loxocardium) obliquum Lamarck 1805
1 specimen
recombined as Loxocardium obliquum
/Cardium (Loxocardium) obliquum bouei
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Costacallista laevigata (Lamarck 1806)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula striata (Lamarck 1801)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792
2 specimens
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 lithified 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:177973
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2016-04-12 13:34:46 Last modified:2016-04-12 13:34:46
Access level:the public Released:2016-04-12 13:34:46
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]