Le Beausset (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Var, France (43.2° N, 5.8° E: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 6.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

• Need to tighten this up!

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone and marl

• Lallier, Caumon, Borgomano, Viserue, Royer & Antoine (2016) note that these are limestone and marl beds.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: L. T. Groves. 1994. Jurassic and Cretaceous cypraeacean biogeography and paleontology, with an annotated list of the species. The Cowry 1(2):25-41 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180659: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 26.07.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Palaeocypraea vayssierei" = Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) vayssierei
"Palaeocypraea vayssierei" = Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) vayssierei Schilder 1932 cowry