Martillac, Breyra Valley, Gironde: Aquitanian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Turitella terebralis
Cahuzac et al. 2005
very abundant
Gulia acutangula
Cahuzac et al. 2005
Adanara girondica
Cahuzac et al. 2005
Carcharinus priscus
Cahuzac et al. 2005
Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodon sp. Grateloup 1840
Cahuzac et al. 2005 2 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus (Agassiz 1835)
Cahuzac et al. 2005
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias acutissima (Agassiz 1843)
Cahuzac et al. 2005
recombined as Carcharias acutissimus
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Paroxystele burdigalensis
Cahuzac et al. 2005
spelled with current rank as Diloma (Paroxystele)
Calliostoma audebardi
Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Vasidae
Tudicla rusticula
Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Protoma cathedralis (Brongniart 1856)
Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Euthriofusus burdigalensis (Defrance 1820)
Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena cornuta (Agassiz 1843)
Cahuzac et al. 2005
recombined as Galeodes cornutus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Typhis intermedius
Cahuzac et al. 2005
Coralliophila burdigalensis
Lozouet and Renard 1998
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais meridionalis
Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Semicassis grateloupi
Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus condita (Brongniart 1823)
Cahuzac et al. 2005
Ficopsis burdigalensis (Sowerby 1824)
Cahuzac et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora burdigalensis
Cahuzac et al. 2005
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria phalenacea
Cahuzac et al. 2005
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris cor (Lamarck 1805)
Cahuzac et al. 2005
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium burdigalinum
Cahuzac et al. 2005
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista erycinoides (Lamarck 1806)
Cahuzac et al. 2005
original and current combination Cytherea erycinoides
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites maigensis Kühn 1925
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Culicia parasita (Michelin 1847)
Chaix and Cahuzac 2005
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites neugeboreni (Reuss 1871)
var. burdigalensis
Tarbellastraea ellisiana (Defrance 1826)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinaria cyathiformis (de Blainville 1830)
var. planiformis
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Miogypsinidae
Miogypsina globulina
Cahuzac et al. 2005
Globigerinidae
Globigerinoides trilobus Reuss 1850
Cahuzac et al. 2005
Globigerinoides altiaperturus Boli 1957
Cahuzac et al. 2005
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 44.4° North, 0.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.3° North, 2.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Aquitanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Aquitanian
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 20.44000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: small reef
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3574
Database number:70242
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, M. Uhen Enterer:U. Merkel, M. Uhen
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-20 08:10:07 Last modified:2007-07-16 07:46:33
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-20 08:10:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

23527. J. P. Chevalier. 1961. Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale [Miocene corals and reefs from the western Mediterranean]. Memoires de la Societe geologique de France 93:1-562 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

27089 B. Cahuzac, S. Buisson, M. Pommiès and P. Rocher. 2005. Discovery of two teeth of Squalodon (Cetacea Odontoceti) in the Burdigalian of SW France (Martillac, Leognan). Comments about the Squalodon from Aquitaine Basin, the paleoecology of the outcrops, and the type species of the genus. Neus Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaeontologie, Abhandlungen 238(3):413-451 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
29773 C. Chaix and B. Cahuzac. 2005. Le genre Culicia (Scleractiniaire): systematique, ecologie et biogeographie au Cenozoique [The genus Culicia (Scleractinia): systematics, ecology and biogeography in the Cenozoic]. Eclogae Geologica Helvetiae 98:169-187 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
30421 P. Lozouet and P. Renard. 1998. Les Coralliophilidae, Gastropoda de l'Oligocene et du Miocene inferieur d' Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France): systematique et coraux hotes [The Coralliophilidae, Gastropoda from the Oligocene and Lower Miocene of Aquitaine (SW France): systematics and coral hosts]. Geobios 31(2):171-184 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]