Villers-Cotterêts (Deshayes collection) (Eocene of France)

Where: France (49.2° N, 3.1° E: paleocoordinates 46.1° N, 0.5° 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: lithified limestone

• Calcaire grossier

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: not stated (Deshayes material is apparently lost)

Primary reference: G. P. Deshayes. 1865. Description des Animaux sans Vertèbres Découvertes dans le Bassin de Paris. Tome Troisième: Mollusques Céphalés, Deuxième Partie, Mollusques Céphalopodes 201-658 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 171538: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.07.2015

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
"Nautilus disculus n. sp." = Angulithes disculus
"Nautilus disculus n. sp." = Angulithes disculus Deshayes 1865