Bogaris, trouve au fond du ravine des Faures (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Barcelonne, France (45.9° N, 5.1° E: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 14.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Urgonian Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)

• Probably Urgonian Limestone. Gastropod rich beds typically from the Late Barremian beds.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; sandy limestone

• Les sables calcaires précités reposent sur une brèche à gros elements formée de calcaires urgoniens compacts, riches en coupes de Caprinides et en Zonatella argonensis, qui a toute l'apparence d'une brèche de récif.

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•Sands above mentioned limestones rest on a breach with large elements made of compact limestones urgoniens, rich in cuts of Caprinides and Zonatella argonensis, which has all the appearance of a breach of reef.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Sayn. 1932. Description de la faune de l’Urgonien de Barcelone (Drôme). Travaux du Laboratoire de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon 18(15):1-67 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179817: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 01.07.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Bernaya (Protocypraea) sayni n. sp., "Zittelia drumensis" = Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) drumensis, "Cypraea antiqua n. sp." = Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) primigenia
Bernaya (Protocypraea) sayni n. sp. Schilder 1941 cowry
"Zittelia drumensis" = Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) drumensis Sayn 1932 cowry
"Cypraea antiqua n. sp." = Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) primigenia Schilder 1936 cowry