Courtagnon (Deshayes collection) (Eocene of France)

Where: France (49.1° N, 3.9° E: paleocoordinates 46.0° N, 0.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: personal collection of Deshayes (material is apparently lost)

Primary reference: G. P. Deshayes. 1824. Description des Coquilles Fossiles des Environs de Paris, Tome Second: Mollusques 1-80 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 171527: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.07.2015

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Pileopsis cornucopiae Lamarck 1802 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla ovulata Lamarck 1804 snail
Bulla cylindrica Bruguière 1792 snail
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
"Nautilus lamarckii" = Cimomia imperialis
"Nautilus lamarckii" = Cimomia imperialis Sowerby 1812 nautiloid