Thionville (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (49.3° N, 6.2° E: paleocoordinates 38.7° N, 15.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bunter Sandstone Formation, Jurassic (201.4 - 145.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Jurassic. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Can't be determined from text.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Lost (formerly the Institute of Geology, Paris).

Primary reference: A. G. Smith. 1973. Fossil chitons from the Mesozoic - A checklist and bibliography. Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences 103:1-30 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91209: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.09.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications and relatively modern nomenclature.
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Polyplacophora
 Chitonida - Chitonidae
Chiton deshayesi
Chiton deshayesi Terquem 1852 chiton