Guepelle, France (Eocene of France)

Where: France (49.1° N, 2.2° E: paleocoordinates 47.0° N, 1.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Primary reference: C. Pomerol. 1958. Reouverture de deux gisements bartoniens classiques, Le Guepelle et Beauchamp (Seine-et-Oise). Cahiers des Naturalistes 14:1-2 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3721: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 09.08.1999, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Plagiolophus annectens Owen 1847 odd-toed ungulate
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Dentalium grande" = Antalis acuta
"Dentalium grande" = Antalis acuta Hebert 1849 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Mesalia solida" = Sigmesalia solida
"Mesalia solida" = Sigmesalia solida Deshayes 1861 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Hipponix patelloides hoof shell
originally entered as "Hipponyx patelloides"
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla tenuiplicata snail
originally entered as "Turbonillia tenuiplicata"
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Meretrix laevigata" = Costacallista laevigata
"Meretrix laevigata" = Costacallista laevigata Lamarck 1806 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium granulosum" = Plagiocardium granulosum
"Cardium granulosum" = Plagiocardium granulosum Lamarck 1805 cockle
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea cubitus Deshayes 1832 oyster
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Psammocarcinidae
Psammocarcinus hericarti Desmarest 1822 crab