Pourcy (Eocene of France)

Where: Champagne Ardenne, France (49.2° N, 3.9° E: paleocoordinates 44.6° N, 1.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sables de Pourcy Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Sparnacien

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: M. Cossmann. 1921. Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée. livraison 12 1-349 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 177754: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 10.04.2016

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Hydrobia (Tournoueria) heberti Deshayes 1862 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Emmerciidae
Cirsomphalus tunioti Cossmann 1907 snail