Falunière of Grignon Unlithified Sample 1 (Eocene of France)

Where: Yvelines, France (48.8° N, 1.9° E: paleocoordinates 45.7° N, 1.6° W)

When: 5b Member (Banc à verrins Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• Middle Lutetian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: unlithified, glauconitic, calcareous sandstone

• Glauconitic with bioclasts and grains of quartz filling micro-channels, Campanile giganteum, lithified agregates

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 177970: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 12.04.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
"Amaea (Acrilla) perangusta" = Acrilla
"Amaea (Acrilla) perangusta" = Acrilla wentletrap
 Cerithioidea - Diastomatidae
Keilostoma sp. Deshayes 1848 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Ptychocerithium lamellosum" = Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) cerith snail
Bittium semigranosum cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Sigmesalia "indet. 1" Finlay and Marwick 1937 turret shell
Sigmesalia multisulcata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
Omalaxis bifrons Lamarck 1804 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Sassia sp. Bellardi 1872 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora schroeteri carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Rimella fissurella, "Ectinochilus canalis" = Rimella canalis
Rimella fissurella Linnaeus 1767 true conch
"Ectinochilus canalis" = Rimella canalis Coquebert and Brongniart 1793 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Seraphsidae
Seraphs sp. Montfort 1810 snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Volvarinella eburnea margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Volutocorbis bicorona" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Typhis tubifer Bruguière 1792 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae "indet. 7" Swainson 1840 turrid
Turridae "indet. 1" Swainson 1840 turrid
Turridae "indet. 2" Swainson 1840 turrid
Turridae "indet. 3" Swainson 1840 turrid
Turridae "indet. 4" Swainson 1840 turrid
Turridae "indet. 6" Swainson 1840 turrid
Turridae "indet. 8" Swainson 1840 turrid
Turridae "indet. 9" Swainson 1840 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Mirula plicatula Lamarck 1803 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
 Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Crommium acutum moon snail
Natica specialis moon snail
Amauropsina canaliculata Lamarck 1804 moon snail
"Natica epiglottina" = Cochlis epiglottina Lamarck 1804 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
"Circulus planorbularis" = Adeorbis planorbularis
"Circulus planorbularis" = Adeorbis planorbularis Deshayes 1824 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Elachisinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Pusillina nana Lamarck 1804 snail
 Trochoidea - Solariellidae
Solariella sp. Wood 1842 snail
"Eumargarita spirata" = Periaulax spirata Lamarck 1804 snail
 Trochoidea - Phasianellidae
Tricolia sp. Risso 1826 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
 Heterostrophia -
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea plicata Solander 1766 oyster
 Arcida - Limopsidae
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) granulata" = Limopsis
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) granulata" = Limopsis clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
Glycymeris pulvinata Lamarck 1805 clam
Glycymeris dispar Defrance 1826 clam
 Arcida - Noetiidae
"Striarca (Arcopsis) quadrilatera" = Arcopsis
"Striarca (Arcopsis) quadrilatera" = Arcopsis clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Trigonodesma lissa Bayan 1873 clam
Scapularca scapulina Lamarck 1805 clam
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parvilucina pusilla Deshayes 1857 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula striata Lamarck 1801 clam
Notocorbula rugosa Lamarck 1806 clam
Varicorbula minuta Deshayes 1824 clam
 Cardiida - Montacutidae
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula (Austromactra) sp., "Spisula (Austromactra) semisulcata" = Spisula semisulcata
Spisula (Austromactra) sp. Iredale 1930 clam
"Spisula (Austromactra) semisulcata" = Spisula semisulcata Lamarck 1805 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Meroena semisulcata Lamarck 1806 venus clam
Tivelina gibbosula Deshayes 1857 venus clam
"Pitar (Calpitaria) parisiensis" = Pitar parisiensis Deshayes 1857 venus clam
Costacallista laevigata Lamarck 1806 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium (Loxocardium) obliquum" = Loxocardium obliquum, Cardium sp.
"Cardium (Loxocardium) obliquum" = Loxocardium obliquum Lamarck 1805 cockle
Cardium (Loxocardium) obliquum bouei
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina (Elliptotellina) tellinella" = Elliptotellina tellinella
"Tellina (Elliptotellina) tellinella" = Elliptotellina tellinella Lamarck 1806 tellin clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella "sp. 2" Lamarck 1799 clam
Crassatella "sp. 3" Lamarck 1799 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792 clam
 Carditida - Condylocardiidae