Houdan (Deshayes collection) (Eocene of France)

Where: France (48.8° N, 1.6° E: paleocoordinates 45.6° N, 1.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: carbonate

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: personal collection of Deshayes (material 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 171531: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Aturiidae
"Nautilus zigzag" = Aturia ziczac
"Nautilus zigzag" = Aturia ziczac Sowerby 1812 nautiloid
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Pileopsis pennata Lamarck 1802 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla conulus Deshayes 1824 snail
Bulla laevis Defrance 1817 snail