PBDB Collection

Vayres-sure-Essone (Oligocene of France)

Also known as Carrière de La Roche-Cassée

Where: France (48.5° N, 2.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 43.5° N, 2.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• "base of the Upper Stampian"; entirely from a 0.10 m bed

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; pebbly sandstone

• undelrying bed indicates a "marine infralittoral environment" and vertebrate assemblage is from "both sides of the shoreline"

• "complex unit of pebbly sands"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Merle, J.-P. Baut, L. Ginsburg, C. Sagne, S. Hervet, R.-P. Carriol, M.-T. Vénec-Peyré, M.-M. Blanc-Valleron, C. Mourer-Chauviré, D. Arambol, and P. Viette. 2002. Découverte d'une faune de vertébrés dans l'Oligocène inférieur de Vayres-sur-Essone (bassin de Paris, France): biodiversité et paléoenvironnement. Comptes Rendus Palevol 1(2):111-116 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69805: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.03.2007

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Paratodus benedeni, Rhizoquadrangulus rupeliensis, Lethenia vandenbroecki, Eutrichirides sp., Geoemyidae indet. Paratodus benedeni Rhizoquadrangulus rupeliensis Lethenia vandenbroecki Eutrichirides sp. Geoemyidae indet. "Geoemydinei indet."
Mammalia
Artiodactyla - Gelocidae	Bachitherium curtum Bachitherium curtum Filhol 1877 ruminant
Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae	Entelodon cf. deguilheimi Entelodon cf. deguilheimi Reppelin 1918 even-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae	Anthracotherium magnum Anthracotherium magnum Cuvier 1822 anthracothere
Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae	"Plagiolophus fraasi" = Plagiolophus (Paloplotherium) fraasi "Plagiolophus fraasi" = Plagiolophus (Paloplotherium) fraasi von Meyer 1852 odd-toed ungulate
Sirenia - Dugongidae	"Halitherium schinzi" = Halitherium schinzii "Halitherium schinzi" = Halitherium schinzii Kaup 1838 dugong
Aves
Pelecanimorphae -	Pelecaniformes indet. Pelecaniformes indet. Sharpe 1891 bird "Pelicaniforme indet."
Reptilia
Testudines - Cheloniidae	Cheloniidae indet. Cheloniidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 sea turtle "Chelonidae indet."
Testudines - Testudinidae	Testudinidae indet. Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle "Testudinei indet."
Actinopteri
Istiophoriformes - Sphyraenidae	Sphyraena sp. Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda
Siluriformes - Siluridae	? Pimelodus sp. ? Pimelodus sp. Lacepede catfish
Perciformes - Sparidae	Sparus sp. Sparus sp. Linnaeus 1758 perch-like fish
Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae	Diodon sp. Diodon sp. Linnaeus 1758
Labriformes - Labridae	Labrodon sp. Labrodon sp. Gervais 1857
Labriformes - Scaridae	Scarus sp. Scarus sp. Gronovius 1763
Spariformes - Sparidae	Diplodus sp. Diplodus sp. Rafinesque 1810
Scombriformes -	Sphyraenodus sp. Sphyraenodus sp. Agassiz 1839
Scombriformes - Scombridae	Scombridae indet., Cybium sp. Scombridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 Cybium sp. Cuvier 1829
Chondrichthyes
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeridae	Chimaeridae indet. Chimaeridae indet. chimaera
Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae	Rhinoptera sp. Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray
Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae	Dasyatis sp. Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae	Myliobatis oligocaena Myliobatis oligocaena Leriche 1910 eagle ray
Lamniformes - Alopiidae	Alopias exigua Alopias exigua Probst 1879 thresher shark
Lamniformes - Otodontidae	"Carcharocles angustidens" = Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens "Carcharocles angustidens" = Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
Lamniformes - Lamnidae	Isurus flandricus, Isurus desori Isurus flandricus mackerel shark Isurus desori Sismonda 1849 mackerel shark
Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae	"Cetorhinus parvus" = Keasius parvus "Cetorhinus parvus" = Keasius parvus Leriche 1908 basking shark
Lamniformes - Carchariidae	Carcharias acutissima Carcharias acutissima Agassiz 1843 sand shark
Lamniformes - Odontaspididae	"Carcharias cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus "Carcharias cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae	"Scyliorhinus" sp. "Scyliorhinus" sp. Blainville 1816 cat shark
Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae	Carcharhinus elongatus Carcharhinus elongatus Leriche 1910 requiem shark
Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae	Galeocerdo aduncus, Physogaleus latus Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark Physogaleus latus ground shark
Squatiniformes - Squatinidae	Squatina angeloides Squatina angeloides Van Beneden 1873 angel shark
Squaliformes - Squalidae	Squalus alsaticus Squalus alsaticus dogfish shark
Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae	Notorhynchus primigenius Notorhynchus primigenius Agassiz 1835 sevengill shark