Where: France (44.7° N, 0.6° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 40.9° N, 2.7° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: N4 foram zone, Falun de Saucats Formation, Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic data. THICKNESS: From unit of unknown thickness AGE: Upper Aquitanian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section. COMMENTS: This is the main outcrop of the Aquitanian stage. Cahuzac & Janssen (2010): N4, SBZ24 and NN1 zones & Sr age. = AbA sequence of Parize et al 2008. Should be Falun de Saucats given Jenssen 1985
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, yellow sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collected by Favia, Lozouet, Renard, Lesport, Aubrecht; reposited in the MNHN
• COLLECTORS: Many, including Favia, Lozouet, Renard, Lesport, Aubrecht . REPOSITORY: MNHN, Paris.
Primary reference: P. Lozouet, J.-F. Lesport, and R. Renard. 2001. Révision des Gastropoda (Mollusca) du stratotype de L'Aquitanien (Miocéne inf.) site de Saucats "Lariey", Gironde, France. Cossmanniana 8:1-189 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 74861: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 31.08.2007, edited by Mihaela Krause and Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Anomia cf. degrangei jingle | |
"Europicardium polycolpatum" = Cardium (Trachycardium) polycolpatum3
"Europicardium polycolpatum" = Cardium (Trachycardium) polycolpatum3 Cossmann and Peyrot 1911 cockle | |
Gastropoda | |
Crepidula cochleare, Trochita costaria, "Bicatillus deformis" = Calyptraea (Bicatillus), "Calyptraea depressa" = Calyptraea (Calyptraea) depressa
Crepidula cochleare slipper shell
Trochita costaria Grateloup 1827 slipper shell
"Bicatillus deformis" = Calyptraea (Bicatillus) slipper shell
"Calyptraea depressa" = Calyptraea (Calyptraea) depressa Lamarck 1822 slipper shell | |
Styliferina disjuncta snail
Dalliella brusinai snail | |
Melanopsis dufourii Férussac 1822 snail | |
Tympanotonos cinctus, Tympanotonos tournoueri, "Tympanotonos margaritaceus" = Mesohalina margaritaceus, Terebralia subcorrugata, Terebralia bidentata
Tympanotonos cinctus horn snail
Tympanotonos tournoueri horn snail
"Tympanotonos margaritaceus" = Mesohalina margaritaceus Brocchi 1814 horn snail
Terebralia subcorrugata d'Orbigny 1852 horn snail
Terebralia bidentata Defrance 1832 horn snail | |
Gourmya tuberosa, Cerithium ferelaeve, Cerithium peyroti, "Campanile pseudoobeliscus" = Cerithium pseudoobeliscus, Cerithium calculosum, Bittium larrieyense
Gourmya tuberosa cerith snail
Cerithium ferelaeve cerith snail
Cerithium peyroti cerith snail
"Campanile pseudoobeliscus" = Cerithium pseudoobeliscus Grateloup 1832 cerith snail
Cerithium calculosum Basterot 1825 cerith snail
Bittium larrieyense cerith snail | |
Batillaria pupaeformis snail
Granulolabium plicatum Bruguiére 1792 snail | |
Tenagodus terebellus snail | |
"Turritella desmarestina" = Turritella (Peyrotia) desmarestina, Turritella turris, Turritella terebralis, Protoma cathedralis
"Turritella desmarestina" = Turritella (Peyrotia) desmarestina Basterot 1825 turret shell
Turritella turris Basterot 1825 turret shell
Turritella terebralis Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Protoma cathedralis Brongniart 1856 turret shell | |
Gibborissoa varicosa snail | |
Scaliola degrangei snail | |
Modulus basteroti Benoist 1874 snail | |
Pelycidion cf. aciculare snail | |
Crassispira terebra snail
Crassispira daguini snail | |
Globularia compressa Basterot 1825 snail | |
Epitonium rocheri, Epitonium subscalaris, Epitonium merignacense, Cirsotrema subspinosum, Cirsotrema crassicostatum, "Nodiscala cf. bimonilifera" = Opalia (Nodiscala)
Epitonium rocheri wentletrap
Epitonium subscalaris wentletrap
Epitonium merignacense wentletrap
Cirsotrema subspinosum wentletrap
Cirsotrema crassicostatum Deshayes 1839 wentletrap
"Nodiscala cf. bimonilifera" = Opalia (Nodiscala) wentletrap | |
Xenophora deshayesi Michelotti 1847 carrier shell | |
Trivia burdigalensis, "Eratopsis subcypraeola" = Erato subcypraeola
Trivia burdigalensis d'Orbigny 1852 snail
"Eratopsis subcypraeola" = Erato subcypraeola d'Orbigny 1852 snail | |
Jenneria duclosiana Basterot 1825 Jenner's Cowry | |
Mandolina rhomboidalis, Lyncina tumida, Lyncina magnifica2, Trona leporina, Fossacypraea eburnina, Fossacypraea apiceproducta, Jousseaumea diluviana, "Apiocypraea subamygdalum" = Schilderia amygdalum, Schilderia subannularia, Zonarina pinguis, Prozonarina expansa
Mandolina rhomboidalis Grateloup 1847 cowry
Lyncina tumida Grateloup 1834 cowry
Trona leporina Lamarck 1810 cowry
Fossacypraea eburnina Grateloup 1847 cowry
Fossacypraea apiceproducta Cossmann and Peyrot 1923 cowry
Jousseaumea diluviana Gray 1824 cowry
"Apiocypraea subamygdalum" = Schilderia amygdalum Brocchi 1814 cowry
Schilderia subannularia d'Orbigny 1852 cowry
Zonarina pinguis Grateloup 1846 cowry
Prozonarina expansa Grateloup 1847 cowry | |
Bursa tuberosa frog shell | |
Semicassis subgranulosa snail | |
Ficus conditus Brongniart 1823 fig shell | |
Aporrhais meridionalis snail | |
"Strombus bonellii" = Persististrombus bonellii, Tibia dentata
"Strombus bonellii" = Persististrombus bonellii Brongniart 1823 true conch
Tibia dentata true conch | |
Melongena lainei Basterot 1825 snail
"Melongena cornuta" = Galeodes cornutus Agassiz 1843 snail | |
Euthria sp., Cantharus cancellarioides, Cantharus aquitanensis, Cantharus andrei, Dorsanum lineolatum, Dorsanum baccatum, Dorsanum plicatum
Euthria sp. Gray 1850 true whelk
Cantharus cancellarioides true whelk
Cantharus aquitanensis true whelk
Cantharus andrei true whelk
Dorsanum lineolatum true whelk
Dorsanum baccatum true whelk
Dorsanum plicatum Grateloup 1847 true whelk [entered as Dorsanum plicatum; then corrected to Dorsanum plicatilum]
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Retizafra rissoides, "Costoanachis terebralis" = Anachis (Costoanachis), Mitrella sp., Mitrella aquitanica
Retizafra rissoides snail
"Costoanachis terebralis" = Anachis (Costoanachis) snail
Mitrella sp. Risso 1826 snail
Mitrella aquitanica snail | |
Latirus coarctatus snail
Euthriofusus burdigalensis Defrance 1820 snail
Pleuroploca michelotiana snail | |
Purpurellus gastaldii, Coralliophila burdigalensis, Attiliosa villae, Orania fischeri, Trachypollia granifera, Ergalatax cf. seraphinae, Ocenebra suberinacea, Ocenebra lassaignei, Ocenebra excoelata, Ocenebra cf. cazeuxi, Ocenebra sublavata, Ocenebra umbilicina, Jaton dufrenoyi, Vitularia linguabovis, Kestocenebra striaeformis, Muricopsis crassicosta, Favartia cf. suboblonga, Phyllocoma michelottii, Aspella subanceps, Homalocantha pauli, Chicoreus dujardini, Morula cf. bellardii, Pterynotus perlongus, Thais pluriplicata, Thais calcarata
Purpurellus gastaldii murex snail
Coralliophila burdigalensis murex snail
Attiliosa villae murex snail
Orania fischeri murex snail
Trachypollia granifera murex snail
Ergalatax cf. seraphinae murex snail
Ocenebra suberinacea murex snail
Ocenebra lassaignei murex snail
Ocenebra excoelata murex snail
Ocenebra cf. cazeuxi murex snail
Ocenebra sublavata murex snail
Ocenebra umbilicina murex snail
Jaton dufrenoyi murex snail
Vitularia linguabovis murex snail
Kestocenebra striaeformis murex snail
Muricopsis crassicosta murex snail
Favartia cf. suboblonga murex snail
Phyllocoma michelottii murex snail
Aspella subanceps d'Orbigny 1852 murex snail
Homalocantha pauli murex snail
Chicoreus dujardini murex snail
Morula cf. bellardii murex snail
Pterynotus perlongus mustached bat
Thais pluriplicata murex snail
Thais calcarata murex snail | |
Gibberula sp. Swainson 1840 snail
Gibberula subovulata snail | |
Morum harpaeforme snail
Morum variolosum snail | |
Athleta ficulina Lamarck 1811 volute | |
Mitra dufresnei mitre shell
Mitra basteroti mitre shell
Mitra incognita mitre shell
Scabricola sp. Swainson 1840 mitre shell | |
Gemmula denticula, "Coronia cypris" = Gemmula (Coronia), Tomopleura basteroti, Perrona semimarginata
Gemmula denticula turrid
"Coronia cypris" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
Tomopleura basteroti turrid
Perrona semimarginata turrid | |
Conus cf. berghausi, Conus subalsionus, Conus trigonulus, Conus basteroti, "Hemiconus granularis" = Conus (Hemiconus)
Conus cf. berghausi cone shell
Conus subalsionus cone shell
Conus trigonulus cone shell
Conus basteroti cone shell
"Hemiconus granularis" = Conus (Hemiconus) cone shell | |
Raphitoma sp. Monterosato 1884 snail
Raphitoma pulchra snail | |
"Terebra pseudopertusa" = Terebra, "Subula plicaria" = Terebra, Strioterebrum basteroti, Hastula subcinerea
"Terebra pseudopertusa" = Terebra auger snail
"Subula plicaria" = Terebra auger snail
Strioterebrum basteroti Nyst 1843 auger snail
Hastula subcinerea auger snail | |
Pusionella pseudofusus snail
Clavatula evoluta snail | |
"Genota ramosa" = Genota valeriae
"Genota ramosa" = Genota valeriae Hoernes and Auinger 1891 snail | |
Aphera bronni snail | |
Agaronia plicaria olive snail
Anazola clavula olive snail
Olivella nilotida olive snail
Oliva (Strephona) dufresnei Basterot 1825 olive snail | |
"Costellaria semiplicata" = Vexillum (Costellaria)
"Costellaria semiplicata" = Vexillum (Costellaria) ribbed mitre | |
Pomatias squamosum periwinkle | |
"Littorinopsis grateloupi" = Littoraria (Littorinopsis), Melarhaphe sacyi
"Littorinopsis grateloupi" = Littoraria (Littorinopsis) periwinkle
Melarhaphe sacyi periwinkle | |
Vermetus carmatus Rousseau and Chenu 1844 worm shell
"Vermetus cf. intortus" = Petaloconchus intortus Lamarck 1818 worm shell | |
Sinum faviae, Sinum patulum, Eunaticina striatella, "Natica neglecta" = Cochlis neglecta, Neverita subglobosa, Polinices turbinoides, Polinices benoisti, Natica crassiuscula, Natica parvuloides
Sinum faviae moon snail
Sinum patulum moon snail
Eunaticina striatella moon snail
"Natica neglecta" = Cochlis neglecta Mayer 1858 moon snail
Neverita subglobosa moon snail
Polinices turbinoides moon snail
Polinices benoisti moon snail
Natica crassiuscula moon snail
Natica parvuloides moon snail | |
Metaxia merignacencis, Triphora sp., Triphora nodosoplicata, Triphora papaveracea, Inella cf. fritschi
Metaxia merignacencis snail
Triphora sp. Blainville 1828 snail
Triphora nodosoplicata snail
Triphora papaveracea snail
Inella cf. fritschi snail | |
? Cerithiella sp. Verrill 1882 snail | |
Cerithiopsis sp., Cerithiopsis vignali, Cerithiopsis cf. pseudomanzonii, Cerithiopsis eopachus, Dizoniopsis brevicaput, Dizoniopsis aquitanensis, "Joculator maestratii" = Cyrbasia (Joculator), Seila sp., Seila cf. infrapercincta
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849 snail
Cerithiopsis vignali snail
Cerithiopsis eopachus snail
Dizoniopsis brevicaput snail
Dizoniopsis aquitanensis snail
"Joculator maestratii" = Cyrbasia (Joculator) snail
Seila sp. Adams 1861 snail
Seila cf. infrapercincta snail | |
Chevallieria sp. Cossmann 1888 snail | |
Caecum larieyense snail
Caecum fibratum snail
"Caecum banoni" = Caecum (Brochina) banoni Benoist 1874 snail | |
Schuettemmericia lemani, "Carinorbis burdigalus" = Carinulorbis, Hydrobia aturensis, Hydrobia andreaei, Mercuria balizacensis
Schuettemmericia lemani Basterot 1825 snail
"Carinorbis burdigalus" = Carinulorbis snail
Hydrobia aturensis snail
Hydrobia andreaei snail
Mercuria balizacensis snail | |
Circulus subcirculus snail | |
Truncatella wattebledi snail | |
Pseudocirsope sp. Boettger 1906 snail | |
Stosicia buccinalis, Zebina aquitanica, Rissoina grateloupi, Rissoina subconoidea, Rissoina subcancellata, Pusillina sp., Alvania sp., Alvania venus, Alvania lachesis, Alvania mariae, Alvania andraldensis n. sp.4
Stosicia buccinalis snail
Zebina aquitanica snail
Rissoina grateloupi snail
Rissoina subconoidea snail
Rissoina subcancellata snail
Pusillina sp. Monterosato 1884 snail
Alvania sp. Risso 1826 snail
Alvania venus snail
Alvania lachesis snail
Alvania mariae snail | |
Plesiotrochus fallax Grateloup 1832 snail | |
Megalomphalus aturensis snail | |
"Tudicula rusticula" = Tudicla
"Tudicula rusticula" = Tudicla snail | |
Asteracmea acuminata Grateloup 1828 limpet
Tectura sp. Gray 1847 limpet | |
"Vitta picta" = Agapilia picta, "Nerita plutonis" = Nerita (Theliostyla) plutonis, Theodoxus grateloupianus
"Vitta picta" = Agapilia picta Férussac 1825 snail
"Nerita plutonis" = Nerita (Theliostyla) plutonis Basterot 1825 snail
Theodoxus grateloupianus Férussac 1823 snail | |
Plesiothyreus ancyliformis Grateloup 1828 snail | |
Ammonicera cf. rota snail
Omalogyra cf. atomus snail | |
Neritopsis moniliformis Grateloup 1832 snail | |
Akera cf. bullata snail | |
Spiricella unguiculus Rang and Des Moulins 1828 snail | |
Tylodina cf. perversa snail | |
Vaginella depressa Daudin 1800 snail | |
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Nipteraxis cf. misera snail | |
Haminoea saucatsensis snail
Atys duvergieri snail | |
Acteocina lajonkaireana, Cylichnella vasatensis, Philine sp., Cylichna clathrata, Cylichna sp., Cylichna tournoueri, Cylichna sublaevis, Scaphander tarbelliana
Acteocina lajonkaireana Basterot 1825 barrel-bubble
Cylichnella vasatensis snail
Philine sp. Ascanius 1772 snail
Cylichna clathrata snail
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
Cylichna tournoueri snail
Cylichna sublaevis snail
Scaphander tarbelliana snail | |
Floribella rozieri snail | |
Ringicula minor Grateloup 1838 snail | |
Pupa striatella snail
Bullina cf. benoisti snail
Acteon punctulatus snail
Acteon pinguis snail
Acteon sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Monotigma merignacensis snail | |
Brachystomia occidentalis, Brachystomia physetum, Brachystomia turritella, Pyramidella gratteloupi, Ondina cicatricosa, Ondina girundica, Odostomia sp., Chrysallida sacyi, Chrysallida interita, Chrysallida sextona, Chrysallida degrangei, Turbonilla raphidiopsis, Turbonilla diastomoides, Turbonilla sp., Turbonilla avitensis, Turbonilla spiriculoides, Eulimella sp., Eulimella gamachotensis
Brachystomia physetum snail
Brachystomia turritella snail
Pyramidella gratteloupi Orbigny 1852 snail
Ondina cicatricosa snail
Ondina girundica snail
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail
Chrysallida sacyi snail
Chrysallida interita snail
Chrysallida sextona snail
Chrysallida degrangei snail
Turbonilla raphidiopsis snail
Turbonilla diastomoides snail
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826 snail
Turbonilla avitensis snail
Turbonilla spiriculoides snail
Eulimella sp. Forbes and MacAndrew 1846 snail
Eulimella gamachotensis snail | |
Cepaea subglobosa slug | |
Triptychia maxima slug | |
Ellobium sp. Roeding 1798 snail
Proplecotrema marginalis snail | |
Anisus balizacensis snail
Planorbarius solidus snail | |
Lymnaea subfragilis snail | |
Spiratella microstralis snail | |
Rissoella sp. Gray 1847 snail | |
Architectonica subconoidea sundial
Architectonica carocollata Lamarck 1822 sundial | |
Orbitestella plicatella snail | |
Tomura pacheia snail
Rotostoma duvergieri snail | |
Xenoskenea buccinea snail | |
Graphis sp. snail | |
Tricolia aquensis d'Orbigny 1852 snail
Tricolia spirata Grateloup 1832 snail | |
Astralium aquitanicum Benoist 1874 snail
Homalopoma degrangei Cossmann and Peyrot 1917 snail
Homalopoma granulosa Grateloup 1828 snail | |
Colliculus aquitanicus, Jujubinus subturgidulus, Jujubinus bucklandi, "Paroxystele sp." = Diloma (Paroxystele), Clanculus (Clanculopsis) araonis
Colliculus aquitanicus Cossmann and Peyrot 1917 top snail
Jujubinus subturgidulus top snail
Jujubinus bucklandi Basterot 1825 top snail
"Paroxystele sp." = Diloma (Paroxystele) Schultz 1970 top snail
Clanculus (Clanculopsis) araonis Basterot 1825 top snail | |
Diodora subcostaria d'Orbigny 1852 snail
Lucapinella clypeata Grateloup 1828 snail
Emarginula cf. squammata Grateloup 1836 snail | |
Sinezona haliotimoprha, Sinezona haliotimorpha n. sp.4, Sinezona praecedens n. sp.4, Sukashitrochus terquemi, Scissurella lamellosa, Scissurella cf. transylvanica
Sinezona haliotimoprha snail
Sukashitrochus terquemi Deshayes 1865 snail
Scissurella lamellosa Benoist 1875 snail
Scissurella cf. transylvanica Reuss 1860 snail | |
Haliotis (Sulculus) benoisti Cossmann 1896 abalone | |
Julia girondica Cossmann and Peyrot 1914 snail |