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
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 | |
"Palaeocypraea vayssierei" = Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) vayssierei
"Palaeocypraea vayssierei" = Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) vayssierei Schilder 1932 cowry |