hauterivian_echinoids_of_the_paris_basin

Thomas Saucède1, Sophie Benetti1, Bruno David2

1 university of Burgundy, 6 bvd Gabriel, F-21000, Dijon, France; 2 CNRS/university of Burgundy, 6 bvd Gabriel, F-21000, Dijon, France

Corresponding author(s): Thomas Saucède (thomas.saucede@u-bourgogne.fr)

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Abstract

This dataset compiles occurrence data (all data are referenced by locality names and georeferenced WGS1984) of fossil echinoids collated from the literature published over a century and a half, from 1857 to 2012, by Cotteau (1857—1878; 1862—1867), Valette (1908), Corroy (1925), Rat et al. (1987), and Saucède et al. (2012). The dataset was completed by data from collection specimens housed at the department of Geology of Université de Bourgogne (Dijon, France), specimens sampled in the field by J Houdard, A Valette, B David, and P Robert, at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (Paris, France), specimens sampled by J Lambert, and at the department of Geosciences of Université de Rennes 1 (Rennes, France), specimens sampled by P Courville. The dataset also gives information on taxonomy (from species to order and higher taxonomic levels). Systematics was reviewed and homogeneized by T Saucède for taxonomic relevance (Saucède et al. 2012). 

Keywords: Echinoids, Hauterivian, Early Cretaceous, Paris Basin, France, Calcaires à Spatangues Formation

General description

Purpose: This dataset inventories occurrence records of fossil echinoid specimens collected in the Calcaires à Spatangues Formation (CSF) that crops out in the southeast of the Paris Basin (France), and is dated from the Acanthodiscus radiatus chronozone (ca. 132 Ma, early Hauterivian, Early Cretaceous). Fossil richness and abundance of the CSF has attracted the attention of palaeontologists since the middle of the nineteenth century. This dataset compiles occurrence data (referenced by locality names and geographic coordinates with decimal numbers) of fossil echinoids both collated from the literature published over a century and a half, and completed by data from collection specimens. The dataset also gives information on taxonomy (from species to order and higher taxonomic levels), which has been checked for reliability and consistency. It compiles a total of 628 georeferenced occurrence data of 26 echinoid species represented by 22 genera, 14 families, and 9 orders.

Project details

Project title: Inventory of the fossil echinoid diversity of the Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian) in the Paris Basin (France).
Personnel: Thomas Saucède
Funding: BioME team, UMR CNRS 6282 Biogéosciences, Université de Bourgogne.
Study area descriptions/descriptor: This dataset inventories occurrence records of fossil echinoid specimens collected in the Calcaires à Spatangues Formation (CSF) that crops out in the southeast of the Paris Basin (France), from the town of Bar-le-Duc in the northeast to Sancerre in the southwest (Fig. 1A). The CSF is dated from the Acanthodiscus radiatus chronozone (ca. 132 Ma, early Hauterivian, Early Cretaceous) according to the cephalopods collected: Acanthodiscus radiatus (Bruguière, 1789), Leopoldia leopoldina group (d’Orbigny, 1841), and Cymatoceras pseudoelegans (d’Orbigny, 1840) (Cornuel 1841; Mégnien and Mégnien 1980; Magniez-Jannin 1984; Rat et al. 1987; Reboulet et al. 2009). The CSF is composed of limestone and clay deposits (Fig. 1B), only a few meter thick (ca. 0.5 to 8 m) with dominant bioclastic lithofacies (Rat et al. 1987). The average palaeo-depth was moderate (approximately few meters to ca. 20-30 m) based on dinoflagellates, foraminifer and bryozoan assemblages, and the overall sedimentation rate was low as suggested by the abundance of worn ferruginous bioclasts and ooliths (Rat et al. 1987; Walter 1996; Courtinat et al. 2006).
Design description: This dataset compiles occurrence data (all data are referenced by locality names and georeferenced WGS1984) of fossil echinoids collated from the literature published over a century and a half, from 1857 to 2012, by Cotteau (1857—1878; 1862—1867), Valette (1908), Corroy (1925), Rat et al. (1987), and Saucède et al. (2012). The dataset was completed by data from collection specimens housed at the department of Geology of Université de Bourgogne (Dijon, France), specimens sampled in the field by J Houdard, A Valette, B David, and P Robert, at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (Paris, France), specimens sampled by J Lambert, and at the department of Geosciences of Université de Rennes 1 (Rennes, France), specimens sampled by P Courville. The dataset also gives information on taxonomy (from species to order and higher taxonomic levels). Systematics was reviewed and homogeneized by T Saucède for taxonomic relevance (Saucède et al. 2012). 

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.pensoft.net/ipt/resource.do?r=hauterivian_echinoids_of_the_paris_basin

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Fossil regular and irregular echinoids (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) of the Calcaires à Spatangues Formation represented by 26 species, 22 genera, 14 families, and 9 orders.

Orders: Arbacioida Gregory, 1900; Cassiduloida L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847; Cidaroida Claus, 1880; Holasteroida Durham & Melville, 1957; Holectypoida Duncan, 1889; Pedinoida Mortensen, 1939; Phymosomatoida Mortensen, 1904; Salenioida Delage & Herouard, 1903; Spatangoida L. Agassiz, 1840.

Families: Cidaridae Gray, 1825; Hemicidaridae Wright, 1857; Emiratiidae Ali, 1990; Stomechinidae Pomel, 1883; Acropeltidae Lambert & Thiéry, 1914; Arbaciidae Gray, 1855; Saleniidae L. Agassiz, 1838; Pedinidae Pomel, 1883; Holectypidae Lambert, 1899; Conulidae Lambert, 1911; Clypeidae Lambert, 1898; Pygaulidae Lambert, 1905; Nucleolitidae Agassiz & Desor, 1847; Toxasteridae Lambert, 1920.

Genera: Goniopygus Agassiz, 1838; Codiopsis Agassiz, 1840; Disaster Agassiz, 1836; Pseudocidaris Etallon, 1859; Pygurus Agassiz, 1839; Clypeopygus d’Orbigny, 1856; Nucleolites Lamarck, 1801; Phyllobrissus Cotteau, 1859; Pygorhynchus Agassiz, 1839; Plagiochasma Pomel, 1883; Plegiocidaris Pomel, 1883; Salvaster Saucède, Dudicourt & Courville, 2012; Pseudholaster Pomel, 1883; Globator Agassiz, 1840; Coenholectypus Pomel, 1883; Pygolampas Saucède, Dudicourt & Courville, 2012; Hemipedina Wright, 1855; Loriolia Neumayr, 1881; Tetragramma Agassiz, 1840; Stomechinus Desor, 1856; Hyposalenia Desor, 1856; Toxaster Agassiz, 1840.

Species: Plegiocidaris salviensis (Cotteau, 1851); Plegiocidaris lardyi (Desor, 1855); Plegiocidaris friburgensis (de Loriol, 1873); Plegiocidaris muricata (Roemer, 1836); Pseudocidaris clunifera (Agassiz, 1836); Loriolia rotularis (Agassiz, 1836); Loriolia bourgueti (Agassiz, 1840); Tetragramma autissiodorensis (Cotteau, 1851); Stomechinus fallax (Agassiz, 1840); Goniopygus peltatus (Agassiz, 1836); Codiopsis lorini Cotteau, 1851; Hyposalenia stellulata (Agassiz, 1838); Hemipedina minima (Cotteau, 1851); Coenholectypus macropygus (Agassiz, 1836); Globator incisa (Agassiz, in Desor 1842); Pygurus montmollini (Agassiz, 1836); Plagiochasma olfersii (Agassiz, 1836); Pygorhynchus obovatus (Agassiz, 1836); Nucleolites salviensis Cotteau, 1851; Phyllobrissus gresslyi (Agassiz, 1839); Clypeopygus paultrei (Cotteau, 1851); Pygolampas edita Saucède, Dudicourt & Courville 2012; Disaster subelongatus (d’Orbigny, 1853); Salvaster roberti Saucède, Dudicourt & Courville 2012; Pseudholaster intermedius (Goldfuss, 1829); Toxaster retusus (Lamarck, 1816).

Taxonomic ranks
Class: Echinoidea
Common names: sea-urchins

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The sampling area focuses on the Calcaires à Spatangues Formation that crops out in the southeast of the Paris Basin (France). The study area extends over the six following French departments: Cher, Nièvre, Yonne, Aube, Haute-Marne, and Meuse.
Coordinates: 47°0'0''N and 48°0'0''N Latitude; 2°0'0''E and 5°0'0''E Longitude 

Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: Jérôme Thomas
Collection name: University of Burgundy - Earth Sciences
Collection identifier: Valette, Houdard, David
Living time period: Early Cretaceous (early Hauterivian, Acanthodiscus radiatus chronozone) about 132 million years ago
Specimen preservation method: Other
Curatorial unit: Between 1000 and 2000 (specimens)

Methods

Method step description: The Calcaires à Spatangues Formation consists of shallow marine sediments that were deposited in the southeast of the Paris Basin (France) during the early Hauterivian (Acanthodiscus radiatus zone). These deposits are rich and diversified in a benthic fauna among which echinoids predominate. The systematic status of echinoids of the Calcaires à Spatangues Fm. was revised so as to update the list of echinoid species reported in the Formation and better assess its remarkable diversity. Of the 54 echinoid species ever described, 26 species are recognized that belong to 16 different families, among which regular (13 species) and irregular (13 species) echinoids are represented in equal proportion.
Study extent description: Specimens were both collected in the field and consulted in public collections of Université de Rennes 1 (Rennes, France), Université de Bourgogne (Dijon, France), and Muséum national d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris, France)
Sampling description: Specimens were both collected in the field and consulted in public collections of Université de Rennes 1 (Rennes, France), Université de Bourgogne (Dijon, France), and Muséum national d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris, France). Identification of specimens was performed at species level based on descriptions by G Cotteau (1857—1878; 1862—1867), A Valette (1908), G Corroy (1925), P Rat et al. (1987), and T Saucède et al. (2012). Taxonomy was updated when it proved necessary following Kier (1962), Durham et al. (1966), Smith (1984), and Kroh and Smith (2010). Though paraphyletic, some family names have been used for convenience (Nucleolitidae Agassiz & Desor, 1847; Toxasteridae Lambert, 1920). The accuracy and geographic coordinates of localities where collection specimens came from was checked based on geological grounds (BRGM sources). Dubious localities were discarded.
Quality control description: The accuracy and geographic coordinates of localities where collection specimens came from was checked based on geological grounds (BRGM sources). Dubious localities were discarded.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive hauterivian_echinoids_of_the_paris_basin
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt.pensoft.net/ipt/archive.do?r=hauterivian_echinoids_of_the_paris_basin
Publication date of data: 2013-08-10
Language: English

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2013-08-10
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Corroy G (1925) Le Néocomien de la bordure orientale du Bassin de Paris. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences naturelles de Nancy 4: 171—506.

Cotteau GH (1851) Catalogue méthodique des échinides recueillis dans l'étage néocomien de l’Yonne. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences historiques et naturelles de l’Yonne 5: 1—283.

Cotteau GH (1857–78) Etudes sur les échinides fossiles du département de l’Yonne. Tome II. Terrain Crétacé. J-B Baillière, Paris, 518 pp.

Valette DA (1908) Révision des échinides fossiles de l’Yonne 2. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences historiques et naturelles de l’Yonne 61(2): 183—385.