Where: France (43.1° N, 2.6° E: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 0.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Marnes de Foncouverte Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, gray, sandy marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: replaced with calcite, replaced with pyrite
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
Primary reference: G. Breton and D. Vizcaïno. 1997. Astérides (Echinodermata) de l'Ilerdien moyen (Yprésien) des Corbières (Aude, France) : systématique, relations paléobiogéographiques et évolutives. Bulletin de la Société d'Etudes Scientifiques de l'Aude 97:11-28 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 59788: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 12.04.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Lithodomus deshayesi" = Lithophaga
"Lithodomus deshayesi" = Lithophaga mussel | |
Ostrea cariosa, Ostrea sicardi n. sp., Ostrea (Pycnodonta) perirregularis n. sp., Ostrea (Alectryonia) boriesi n. sp.
Ostrea cariosa oyster
Ostrea sicardi n. sp. oyster
Ostrea (Pycnodonta) perirregularis n. sp. oyster
Ostrea (Alectryonia) boriesi n. sp. oyster | |
Vulsella corbarica n. sp.
Vulsella corbarica n. sp. oyster | |
Spondylus atacicus scallop
Spondylus hispanicus n. sp. scallop
Chlamys pradellensis scallop
Chlamys mitis scallop | |
"Cardita (Venericardia) subminuta" = Venericardia
"Cardita (Venericardia) subminuta" = Venericardia clam | |
"Cardium (Trachycardium) porulosum" = Cardium (Orthocardium) porulosum
"Cardium (Trachycardium) porulosum" = Cardium (Orthocardium) porulosum Solander 1766 cockle | |
Meretrix custugensis venus clam | |
Teredo parvula n. sp., Teredo annulata n. sp.
Teredo parvula n. sp. clam
Teredo annulata n. sp. clam | |
Crinoidea | |
Conocrinus pyriformis Feather star | |
Echinoidea | |
Cidaris subularis pencil urchin
Cidaris striatogranosa pencil urchin | |
Rhabdocidaris pouechi pencil urchin
Rhabdocidaris mespilum pencil urchin | |
Salenidia savini sea urchin | |
Amblypygus dilatatus sea urchin | |
Conoclypeus pyrenaicus sea urchin
Echinanthus subrotundus sea urchin | |
Echinolampas leymeriei Cotteau 1853 sea urchin | |
Linthia gillioti heart urchin
Linthia savini heart urchin | |
Baueria rousseli sea urchin | |
Asteroidea | |
Recurvaster migrans n. sp. Breton and Vizcaïno 1997 sea star
Calliderma atagensis Valette 1925 sea star
Crateraster lamberti Valette 1925 sea star
Metopaster sp. Sladen 1893 sea star | |
Pycinaster corbaricus n. sp.
Pycinaster corbaricus n. sp. Breton and Vizcaïno 1997 sea star | |
Tethyaster sp. Sladen 1889 sea star |