Pessac, Aquitaine, France: Serravallian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Culicia parasitica (Michelin 1847)
common category
recombined as Culicia parasita
Astrangia cf. manthelanensis Chevalier 1961
2 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Sphenotrochus intermedius
10 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Ceratotrochus (Edwardsotrochus) bellingherianus (Michelin 1841)
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum indermedium
73 specimens
Flabellum montanaroae
14 specimens
Flabellum striatum Keferstein 1859
48 specimens
Flabellum laevissimum Kühn 1963
47 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia amica (Michelotti 1838)
12 specimens
Balanophyllia subcylindrica
8 specimens
Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) bossolensis Chevalier 1961
44 specimens
Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) sismondiana (Michelin 1841)
1 specimen
Balanophyllia varians Reuss 1854
11 specimens
Balanophyllia calyculus Wood 1844
52 specimens
Balanophyllia italica (Michelin 1841)
25 specimens
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora italica (Defrance 1820)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella pythagoraica
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva dufresnei Basterot 1825
recombined as Oliva (Strephona) dufresnei
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Ancilla glandiformis (Lamarck 1810)
recombined as Amalda glandiformis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Conus puschi Michelotti 1857
recombined as Plagioconus puschi
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraeidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Neverita sp. Risso 1826
Neverita olla (De Serres 1829)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara turonica
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris bimaculata
Glycymeris saucatsensis
Glycymeris cor (Lamarck 1805)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limea strigillata (Brocchi 1814)
ssp. subhelvetica
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Flabellipecten solarium
Mimachlamys multistriata
spelled with current rank as Chlamys (Mimachlamys)
Aequipecten scabrellus (Lamarck 1819)
recombined as Chlamys scabrellus
Pecten subarcuatus
Aequipecten macrotis Sowerby 1847
Gigantopecten gallicus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Clausinella fasciculata
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte fusca
ssp. sallomacensis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita sallomacensis
Megacardita jouanneti
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae
Lunulites conica
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
Celleporaria palmata (Michelin 1847)
Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinidae
Psammechinus neuvillei
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae
Echinocyamus pusillus (Müller 1776)
Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Echinolampas hemisphaerica
Echinoidea - Temnopleuroida
Arbacina monilis
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 44.8° North, 0.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.0° North, 1.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Serravallian
Age range of interval:13.82000 - 11.62000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ferruginous,blue poorly lithified marl
Lithology description: Blue-gray crags and fossiliferous marls
Environment:deep subtidal shelf Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Bioerosion:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:34609
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-09-12 03:17:01 Last modified:2003-09-12 06:17:01
Access level:the public Released:2003-09-12 03:17:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9141. C. Chaix, B. Cahuzac, and A. Cluzaud. 1999. Les Scléractiniaires du Serravallien de Pessac (Nord-Aquitaine, France) : approche paléoécologique. Géobios 32(1):33-62 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/J. Alroy]