Peyrère (=Peyrehorade) marls (Oligocene of France)

Also known as Abandoned Marl Pit at Peyrère.

Where: France (43.6° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 3.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: NP25 foram zone, Marnes de Saint-Etienne-d’Orthe Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• On the basis of the calcareous nannoplankton these deposits are referred to the zones NP24 and NP25 that correspond with the Chattian (Cahuzac et al. 1995). Cahuzac & Janssen (2010) put it in N25 and id the formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithified marl

• The localities of Peyrère, Bélus and St-Étienned’Orthe are situated in the area that is considered to be originally a submarine canyon. At the head of the paleocanyon (Peyrère,Bélus) the infralittoral to circalittoral facies with dominance of marls occur.
• marls. “grey marls with Eulepidina, and some molluscs and corals” (Cahuzac & Janssen 2010)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

• Repository: University of Bourdeaux-1. Samples collected ex situ from sediment dump

Primary reference: B. Cahuzac and A. W. Janssen. 2010. Eocene to Miocene holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) of the Aquitaine Basin, southwest France. Scripta geologica 141:1-193 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152695: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 30.11.2013, edited by Mihaela Krause, Pete Wagner and Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Paguridae
Pagurus sp.3
Pagurus sp.3 Fabricius 1775 hermit crab
Gastropoda
 Cavolinioidea - Cuvierinidae
Spoelia torquayensis
 Sorbeoconcha - Ovulidae
Phenacovolva gracilisiana n. sp.2, Phenacovolva propheta n. sp.2
Phenacovolva gracilisiana n. sp.2 Dolin and Lozouet 2004 snail
Phenacovolva propheta n. sp.2 Dolin and Lozouet 2004 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Lyncina maestratii n. sp.2, Praerosaria herosae n. sp.2, Prozonarina barcamorpha2, Ransonia ferruginosa2, Ransonia senuti n. sp.2, Ransonia faviai n. sp.2, Ransonia coseli2
Lyncina maestratii n. sp.2 Dolin and Lozouet 2004 cowry
Praerosaria herosae n. sp.2 Dolin and Lozouet 2004 cowry
Prozonarina barcamorpha2 Dolin and Lozouet 2004 cowry
Ransonia ferruginosa2 Dolin and Lozouet 2004 cowry
Ransonia senuti n. sp.2 Dolin and Lozouet 2004 cowry
Ransonia faviai n. sp.2 Dolin and Lozouet 2004 cowry
Ransonia coseli2 Dolin and Lozouet 2004 cowry
 Thecosomata - Limacinidae
Heliconoides hospes, Heliconoides linneensis
Heliconoides hospes Rolle 1861 snail
Heliconoides linneensis Janssen 2008 snail
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
Vaginella chattica, Creseis "sp. 2", Clio lozoueti
Creseis "sp. 2" Rang 1828 snail
Rhynchonellata
 Thecideida - Thecideidae
Lacazella mediterranea1
Lacazella mediterranea1 Risso 1826
306 specimens, 105 ventral and 72 dorsal valves
 Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina retusa1
Terebratulina retusa1 Linnaeus 1758
74 specimens, 11 ventral and 15 dorsal valves
 Terebratulida - Kraussinidae
Megerlia truncata1
Megerlia truncata1 Linnaeus 1767
4 specimens, 1 ventral and 2 dorsal valves
 Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Joania cordata1, Joania peyrerensis n. sp.1, Argyrotheca bitnerae1, Argyrotheca cuneata1, Megathiris detruncata1
Joania cordata1 Risso 1826
3 specimens, 3 ventral and one dorsal valve
Joania peyrerensis n. sp.1 Bitner et al. 2013
Argyrotheca bitnerae1 Dulai 2011
13 specimens, 2 ventral and 7 dorsal valves
Argyrotheca cuneata1 Risso 1826
6 specimens, 6 ventral and 3 dorsal valves
Megathiris detruncata1 Gmelin 1791
120 specimens, 32 ventral and 42 dorsal valves
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Novocrania anomala1
Novocrania anomala1 Muller 1776
dorsal and ventral valves
Actinopteri
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Pterothrissus umbonatus3
Pterothrissus umbonatus3 Koken 1884 bonefish
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Conger sp.3, Congridarum sp.3
Conger sp.3 Schaeffer 1760 conger eel
Congridarum sp.3 Kaup 1856 conger eel
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Clupeidarum sp.3, Etrumeus jansseni n. sp.3
Clupeidarum sp.3 Cuvier 1817 herring
Etrumeus jansseni n. sp.3 Steurbaut 1982 herring
 Aulopiformes - Scopelarchidae
Scopelarchus nollffi n. sp.3
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus sp.3
Diaphus sp.3 Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 lanternfish
 Acanthomorphata - Polynemidae
Polynemidarum sp.3
 Acanthomorphata - Acropomatidae
Neoscombrops sp.3
Neoscombrops sp.3 Gilchrist 1922
 Acanthomorphata - Leiognathidae
Gazza orthensis n. sp.3
Gazza orthensis n. sp.3 Steurbaut 1982
 Acanthomorphata - Epigonidae
Epigonus sp.3
Epigonus sp.3 Rafinesque 1810
 Perciformes - Scorpaenidae
Scorpaenidarum sp.3
Scorpaenidarum sp.3 Risso 1826 perch-like fish
 Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae
Oligopus aff. pseudoaocuminatus3
 Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
aff. Lesueurigobius sp.3, Gobiidarum sp.3
aff. Lesueurigobius sp.3 Whitley 1950 goby
Gobiidarum sp.3 Unknown goby
 Kurtiformes - Apogonidae
Apogon moyesi n. sp.3
Apogon moyesi n. sp.3 Steurbaut 1982 Cardinalfish
 Beryciformes - Trachichthyidae
Gephyroberyx sp.3
Gephyroberyx sp.3 Boulenger 1902
 Stomiatiformes - Phosichthyidae
Polymetme supraoligocenioca n. sp.3
 Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Valenciennellus brzobohatyi n. sp.3, Sternoptychidarum sp.3
Valenciennellus brzobohatyi n. sp.3 Steurbaut 1982
1Bitner et al. 2013; 2Dolin and Lozouet 2004; 3Steurbaut 1982