Where: Cotentin, France (49.4° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 4.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: carbonate
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Defrance collection (some of which is now at Musée de Normandie, Caen, or at MNHN Paris)
Primary reference: J. L. M. Defrance. 1818. Dauphinule. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 12:544-546 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 184164: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.02.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Delphinula gervilii n. sp. Defrance 1818 snail
Delphinula calcar Lamarck 1804 snail
Delphinula warnii n. sp. Defrance 1818 snail
Delphinula varia n. sp. Defrance 1818 snail | |
Emarginula reticulata Sowerby 1813 snail
Emarginula elongata n. sp. Defrance 1819 snail |