Aix-en-Provence (unspecified collection): Chattian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae - Apiales - Araliaceae
Hedera philiberti
Gaudant et al. 2018
Aralia aquisextana
Gaudant et al. 2018
Angiospermae - Arecaceae
Flabellaria costata
Gaudant et al. 2018
Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaea gypsorum
Gaudant et al. 2018
Angiospermae - Ericales - Ebenaceae
Diospyros rugosa
Gaudant et al. 2018
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Pistacia aquensis
Gaudant et al. 2018
Angiospermae - Malvales - Bombacaceae
Bombax sepultiflorum
Gaudant et al. 2018
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus robustifolia
Gaudant et al. 2018
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amiinae indet. Bonaparte 1837
Gaudant et al. 2018
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Anguillidae
Anguilla multiradiata Agassiz 1843
Gaudant et al. 2018
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Clupeidae indet. Cuvier 1817
Gaudant et al. 2018
Actinopteri - Gonorhynchiformes - Gonorhynchidae
Notogoneus sp. Cope 1885
Gaudant et al. 2018
Notogoneus squamosseus (de Blainville 1818)
Gaudant et al. 2018
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Protothymallus sp. Laube 1901
Gaudant et al. 2018
Varhostichthys sp. Obrhelová 1969
Gaudant et al. 2018
Tarsichthys sp. (Troschel 1854)
Gaudant et al. 2018
Tarsichthys macrurus (Agassiz 1839)
Gaudant et al. 2018
Palaeotinca sp. Obrhelová 1969
Gaudant et al. 2018
Actinopteri - Moronidae
Beaumontoperca beaumonti
Gaudant et al. 2018
Actinopteri - Gerreidae
Pharisatichthys aquensis Gaudant and Carnevale 2015
Gaudant et al. 2018
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Gobioidei
Lepidocottus aries
Gaudant et al. 2018
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Latidae
Eolates aquensis
Gaudant et al. 2018
Actinopteri - Ambassidae
Dapalis minutus
Gaudant et al. 2018
Dapalis cf. macrurus
Gaudant et al. 2018
Dapalis sp. Gistl 1848
Gaudant et al. 2018
Dapalis n. sp.
Actinopteri - Mugiliformes - Mugilidae
Mugil princeps Agassiz 1843
Gaudant et al. 2018
Actinopteri - Cyprinodontiformes - Cyprinodontidae
Prolebias sp. Sauvage 1874
Gaudant et al. 2018
Prolebias n. sp.
Actinopteri - Cyprinodontiformes - Poeciliidae
Paralebias cephalotes
Gaudant et al. 2018
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana aquensis
Gaudant et al. 2018
unclassified
Discalioides sp.
Gaudant et al. 2018
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Penaeidae
Penaeidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Gaudant et al. 2018
Insecta - Orthoptera - Tetrigidae
Acridium barthelemyi (Hope 1847)
Zeuner 1943 1 specimen
Insecta - Orthoptera - Acrididae
Acrididae indet. (Latreille 1802)
Zeuner 1943 3 specimens
Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Brachycerus exilis n. sp. Germar 1837
1 specimen
Hipporhinus heerii n. sp. Germar 1849
Germar 1849 3 specimens
A third specimen in "the local museum"
Sitona margarum n. sp. Germar 1849
Germar 1849 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Bouches-Du-Rhone
Coordinates: 43.5° North, 5.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.3° North, 2.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Oligocene
Stage: Chattian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 4
Key time interval: Chattian
Age range of interval: 27.82 - 23.03 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Niveau du gypse d'Aix
Stratigraphy comments: "The ‘insect formation’ is 2.5 m thick, divided in two parts that correspond to two very different environmental conditions. The first (lower) episode is remarkable by its lateral mo- notony of facies on a distance of 6 km at least, in the outcrops observed on the northwest of Aix-en-Provence. This lower episode is distinguished from the rest of the ‘insect formation’ and from the whole formation of Aix-en-Provence by the presence of a very numerous thin limestone laminae. The second (upper) episode is remarkable by the presence of many silici- fied laminae. The fauna in this level is also very well preserved"….This collection consists of unspecified layers
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: The deposit presents an alternation of limestone and marls with gypsum.
Environment:lacustrine - large Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: This lacustrine formation was deposited in a very large but shallow-water lake, with variable salinity and near the marine coast (Nury 1990, Nury & Thomassin 1994). Irregular basins formed during extension of the European platform in the Oligocene resulting from the formation of the West-European rift system.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:113682
Authorizer:M. Clapham, M. Uhen Enterer:J. Karr, M. Uhen, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-08-04 09:06:09 Last modified:2022-06-13 23:36:01
Access level:the public Released:2011-08-04 09:06:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
49391. E. F. Germar. 1837. Insectorum protogaeae specimen sistens insecta carbonum fossilium. Fauna Insectorum Europae 19 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

76681 J. Gaudant, A. Nel, D. Nury, M. Véran, and G. Carnevale. 2018. The uppermost Oligocene of Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône, Southern France): A Cenozoic brackish subtropical Konservat Lagerstätte, with fishes, insects and plants. Comptes Rendus Palevol 17:460-478 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
50640 E. F. Germar. 1849. Ueber einige Insekten aus Tertiärbildungen. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 1:52-66 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
36944 F. E. Zeuner. 1943. The fossil Acrididae (Orth. Salt. ) Part IV Acrididae incertae sedis and Addendum to Catantopinae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 11:359-383 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]