Bagnols-sur-Cèze Decapods (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Gard, France (44.2° N, 4.6° E: paleocoordinates 33.8° N, 5.6° E)

When: Exogyra columba other zone, Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1936

• Collection de M. l'ingénieur Marcel Faraud, à Saint- Victor-la-Coste.

Primary reference: V. van Straelen. 1936. Crustacés décapodes nouveaux ou peu connus de l'époque Crétacique. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 12(45):1-50 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 234088: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by J Fearon on 16.03.2024

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Cenomanocarcinidae
Cenomanocarcinus inflatus van Straelen 1936 crab
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra columba" = Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum
"Exogyra columba" = Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster