BIVALVES FROM THE FALUNS OF TOURAINE
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Description Genus Species Family Origin
scallop Hinnites crispus dubuissoni Pectinidae Channay-sur-Lathan
incrusted into another scallop Gigantopecten ligerianus Pectinidae

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This sample presents a beautiful example of the biological abundance of the faluns because it groups together three types of fossils:
   - a hinnites with its two perfectly preserved valves
   - a gigantopecten in which the left valve of the hinnites is incrusted
   - bryozoans which encrust totally the internal side of the gigantopecten.