Cérisols (Eocene of France)

Where: France (43.1° N, 1.1° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 0.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Zone with Alveolina levis ("Sparnacian")

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: poorly lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Pajaud and Y. Tambareau. 1970. Brachiopodes nouveaux du "Sparnacien" des Petites Pyrénées et du Plantaural. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 106:312-327 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 233484: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.02.2024

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Megathyrididae