Eocene of the Loire Basin, France

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

The Eocene of the Loire Basin is best known from the famous Bartonian deposits of Bois-Gouët, Loire-Atlantique. That fauna was initially documented by Vasseur (1882), re-published with plate captions by Cossmann in 1917.

Ancillariidae
Species  
Amalda auberi Chavan, 1965

MNHN.F.J04019. Syntype of Ancillaria aperta Vasseur, 1882. France, Loire-Atlantique, Saffré, Bois-Gouët [Eocene. Bartonian].

Ancillaria ripaudi Vasseur, 1882

MNHN.F.J03970. Syntype of Ancillaria ripaudi Vasseur, 1882. France, Loire-Atlantique, Saffré, Bois-Gouët [Eocene. Bartonian].

Baryspira douvillei (Vasseur, 1882)

MNHN.F.J03978. Syntype of Ancillaria douvillei Vasseur, 1882. France, Loire-Atlantique, Saffré, Bois-Gouët [Eocene. Bartonian].

Baryspira dubia (Deshayes, 1830) Figure wanted
Olividae
Species  
Agaronia dubuissoni (Vasseur, 1882)

MNHN F.A57183. France, Loire-Atlantique, Saffré, Bois-Gouët [Eocene. Bartonian].

Ancillarina canalifera (Lamarck, 1803)

MNHN.F.J03980. France, Loire-Atlantique, Saffré, Bois-Gouët [Eocene. Bartonian].

Pseudolivella gibbosula (Vasseur, 1882)

MNHN FJ04057. France, Loire-Atlantique, Saffré, Bois-Gouët [Eocene. Bartonian].

Pseudolivella impressa (Vasseur, 1882)

RV 3768a. France, Loire-Atlantique, Saffré, Bois-Gouët [Eocene. Bartonian]. Scale bar is 1 cm.

Pseudolivella oxyspira (Cossmann, 1897)

MNHN.F.J04839. Syntype of Olivella oxyspira Cossmann, 1897. France, Loire-Atlantique, Saffré, Bois-Gouët [Eocene. Bartonian].

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