Also known as Reef 2768
Where: France (49.1° N, 1.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 0.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: NP3-4 foram zone, Calcaire de Vigny Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• Age based on planktonic foraminifers and calcareous nannoplankton
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the MNHN
Collection methods: mechanical,
Primary reference: J.-M. Pacaud, D. Merle, and J.-C. Meyer. 2000. La faune danienne de Vigny (Val-d’Oise, France): importance pour l’étude de la diversification des mollusques au début du Tertiaire. Comptes Rendus de l ’Académie des Sciences,Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes, Paris, série II a 330(12):867-873 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 20816: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 10.06.2002, edited by Uta Merkel, Rosa Valdez and Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Neomeris sp.2 Lamouroux 1816 | |
Demospongiae | |
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Calcarea | |
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Hydrozoa | |
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Anthozoa | |
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Echinoidea | |
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Bivalvia | |
Nuculoma triangula nut clam | |
Goossensia sp. clam | |
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam | |
Jouannetia sp. Des Moulins 1828 clam
"Pholadopsis sp." = Jouannetia (Pholadopsis) clam
Pholadidea sp. Turton 1819 clam | |
Sphenia sp. Turton 1822 softshell clam | |
Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783 clam | |
"Miocardiopsis faxeensis" = Glossus (Miocardiopsis)
"Miocardiopsis faxeensis" = Glossus (Miocardiopsis) clam | |
Loparia ciplyensis clam | |
Chama sp., "Cipliacella supracretacea" = Chama (Cipliacella)
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
"Cipliacella supracretacea" = Chama (Cipliacella) jewel box | |
Pitar sp., "Microcallista montensis" = Callista (Microcallista)
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
"Microcallista montensis" = Callista (Microcallista) venus clam | |
Plagiocardium sp. Cossmann 1866 cockle
Nemocardium semidecussatum cockle
Loxocardium cf. montense cockle | |
Clavagella sp. Blainville 1817 clam | |
Saxolucina ciplyensis, Plastomiltha sp., Fimbria corneti, "Recticardo hannonica" = Miltha (Recticardo)
Plastomiltha sp. Stewart 1930 clam
Fimbria corneti clam
"Recticardo hannonica" = Miltha (Recticardo) clam | |
Brachidontes lineatus mussel
Septifer sp. Récluz 1848 mussel
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel
Botula sp. Mörch 1853 mussel
Arcomytilus sp. Agassiz 1843 mussel | |
Cucullaea montensis clam | |
Rostarca ciplyensis, Barbatia sp., "Cucullaearca supracretacea" = Barbatia (Cucullaearca), Acar merope, Arca montensis
Rostarca ciplyensis clam
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
"Cucullaearca supracretacea" = Barbatia (Cucullaearca) clam
Acar merope miniature ark
Arca montensis ark | |
Arcopsis sp. Koenen 1885 clam | |
Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop | |
Spondylus faxeensis scallop | |
Paranomia sp. Conrad 1860 scallop | |
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Plicacesta carolina file clam
Acesta sp. Adams and Adams 1858 file clam
Ctenoides sp. Mörch 1853 file clam | |
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster
Pulvinites dysporista oyster | |
Electroma sp. Stoliczka 1871 pearl oyster | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Phygraea vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Gryphaeostrea canaliculata Sowerby 1813 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Anisomyon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 pulmonate | |
Akera sp. Muller 1776 snail | |
Scaphander sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
Berthella sp. Blainville 1824 snail | |
Briardia sp. Munier-Chalmas 1884 snail | |
Otostoma subrugosum snail
Corsania sp. Vidal 1917 snail | |
Ampullina supracretacea snail | |
Thylacus sp. Conrad 1860 slipper shell
Sigapatella montensis slipper shell | |
"Globulocerithium sp." = Pseudoaluco (Globulocerithium), Orthochetus sp., Cerithium sp., "Striovertagus sp." = Clava (Striovertagus), "Pseudovertagus sp." = Clava (Pseudovertagus), "Semivertagus abnormis" = Clava (Semivertagus)
"Globulocerithium sp." = Pseudoaluco (Globulocerithium) Bouniol 1981 cerith snail
Orthochetus sp. Cossmann 1889 cerith snail
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
"Striovertagus sp." = Clava (Striovertagus) Chavan 1949 cerith snail
"Pseudovertagus sp." = Clava (Pseudovertagus) Vignal 1904 cerith snail
"Semivertagus abnormis" = Clava (Semivertagus) cerith snail | |
Pyrazus sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
Urceolabrum ultimum snail | |
Melanopsis sp. Férussac 1807 snail | |
Tympanotonos sp. Schumacher 1817 horn snail | |
Bayania sp. Munier-Chalmas 1877 snail | |
Benoistia sp. Cossmann 1899 snail | |
Campanile maximum snail | |
Teinostoma sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail | |
Rissoina sp. d'Orbigny 1840 snail | |
Sassia rutoti triton shell | |
Archicypraea sp. Schilder 1927 cowry | |
Eocypraea sp. Cossmann 1903 snail | |
Caricella sp., Scaphella sp., Eopsephaea subfusiformis, Leptoscapha sp., "Pseudolyria sp." = Lyria (Pseudolyria), "Harpella sp." = Lyria (Harpella), Mitreola sp.
Caricella sp. Conrad 1835 volute
Scaphella sp. Swainson 1832 volute
Eopsephaea subfusiformis volute
Leptoscapha sp. Fischer 1883 volute
"Pseudolyria sp." = Lyria (Pseudolyria) Martin 1931 volute
"Harpella sp." = Lyria (Harpella) Adams and Adams 1858 volute
Mitreola sp. Swainson 1833 volute | |
"Paziella hannonica" = Poirieria (Paziella)
"Paziella hannonica" = Poirieria (Paziella) murex snail | |
Unitas sp. Harris and Palmer 1947 snail | |
Houzeauia sp. snail | |
Columbarium heberti snail | |
Conomitra sp. Conrad 1865 ribbed mitre | |
"Crenaturricula sp." = Turricula (Crenaturricula)
"Crenaturricula sp." = Turricula (Crenaturricula) Vokes 1939 snail | |
Fusimitra glabra mitre shell
Fusimitra subglabra mitre shell | |
? Pseudolivella sp. olive snail | |
Penion sp., Ornopsis prima, Popenoeum ambiguum, Exilifusus sp., Latirulus sp., "Cosmolithes faxensis" = Clavilithes (Cosmolithes), Streptochetus sp., Sycostoma sp.
Penion sp. Fischer 1884 true whelk
Ornopsis prima true whelk
Popenoeum ambiguum true whelk
Exilifusus sp. Conrad 1865 true whelk
Latirulus sp. Montfort 1810 true whelk
"Cosmolithes faxensis" = Clavilithes (Cosmolithes) true whelk
Streptochetus sp. Cossmann 1901 true whelk
Sycostoma sp. Cox 1931 true whelk | |
Serpulorbis sp. Sasso 1827 snail | |
Hipponix consobrinus, ? Polygireulima sp., Cerithiella sp., Triphora montensis, Cerithiopsis bruennichi, Notoseila tenuifila, Euspira sp., Amaurellina sp.
Hipponix consobrinus hoof shell
? Polygireulima sp. Sacco 1892 snail
Cerithiella sp. Verrill 1882 snail
Triphora montensis snail
Cerithiopsis bruennichi snail
Notoseila tenuifila snail
Euspira sp. Agassiz 1837 moon snail
Amaurellina sp. Fischer 1885 moon snail | |
Calliotropis sp. Seguenza 1903 snail
Planolateralus gravesii snail
Calliomphalus sp. Cossmann 1888 snail
Danilia sp. Brusina 1865 snail | |
Chilodonta sp. Etallon 1859 snail | |
Leptomaria sp. Eudes-Deslongchamps 1864 snail | |
Praescissurella sp. Lozouet 1998 snail | |
Diodora concentrica, Diodora dolloi, "Montfortula sp." = Clypidina (Montfortula), Entomella sp., Emarginula coralliora, Emarginula ciplyensis
Diodora concentrica snail
Diodora dolloi snail
"Montfortula sp." = Clypidina (Montfortula) Iredale 1915 snail
Entomella sp. Cossmann 1888 snail
Emarginula coralliora snail
Emarginula ciplyensis snail | |
Boutillieria carinatum snail | |
Leucorhynchia sp. Crosse 1867 snail | |
Pseudoliotina sp. Cossmann 1925 snail
Pareuchelus sp. Boettger 1906 snail | |
Tectus sp., "Strigosella sp." = Jujubinus (Strigosella)
Tectus sp. Monfort 1810 top snail
"Strigosella sp." = Jujubinus (Strigosella) top snail | |
"Scutellastra hebertiana" = Patella hebertiana
"Scutellastra hebertiana" = Patella hebertiana dOrbigny 1850 limpet | |
Scurriopsis sp. Gemellaro 1879 limpet | |
Neritopsis multicostata snail | |
Tornatellaea sp. Conrad 1860 snail | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet.2 Rafinesque 1835 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Argyrotheca sp.2 Dall 1900 | |
Terebratulina sp.2 d'Orbigny 1847 | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Malacostraca | |
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Titanocarcinus schweitzerae n. sp.3
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Dromilites montenati n. sp.3
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