Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Lamarck collection) (Eocene of France)

Where: France (48.9° N, 2.1° E: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 1.5° 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: calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

• Repository: Lamarck collection (some Lamarck types are at MNHN Paris, but other parts of his collection are at the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle Genève)

Primary reference: J. B. Lamarck. 1803. Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 2:217-227 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 184135: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.02.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Rostellaria macroptera Lamarck 1803 true conch
Rostellaria columbaria Lamarck 1803 true conch