Korycany (Cretaceous of Czech Republic)

Where: Czech Republic (49.1° N, 17.2° E: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 16.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Korycany Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; medium-grained, calcareous sandstone

• medium-grained, calcareous sandstones with limonitic admixture (Ziegler 1984)

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V. Weinzettl. 1910. Gastropoda ceskeho kridoveho utvaru. Palaeontographica Bohemiae 8:1-56 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179026: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 25.05.2016

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea korycanensis n. sp." = Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) korycanensis
"Cypraea korycanensis n. sp." = Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) korycanensis Weinzettl 1910 cowry