Astarte, Redonien, Chalonnes-sur-Loire (Pliocene of France)
Where: France (47.3° N, 0.8° W: paleocoordinates 47.4° N, 1.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Redonien Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. Lauriat. 1973. Les sous-espèces redoniennes d'Astarte omalii Jonkaire, considérées d'un point de vue biogéographique. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sciences de la Terre 194:177-182 [L. Villier/L. Villier] more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 60636: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 19.05.2006