Damery (Eocene of France)

Where: France (49.1° N, 3.9° E: paleocoordinates 45.9° N, 0.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• Calcaire grossier

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: not stated (apparently not in MNHN collection)

Primary reference: G. P. Deshayes. 1865. Description des Animaux sans Vertèbres Découvertes dans le Bassin de Paris. Tome Troisième: Mollusques Céphalés, Deuxième Partie, Mollusques Céphalopodes 201-658 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 171535: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.07.2015, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
"Nautilus umbilicaris" = Eutrephoceras umbilicare
"Nautilus umbilicaris" = Eutrephoceras umbilicare Deshayes 1835 nautiloid
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Solarium olicatum" = Trochus (Solarium)
"Solarium olicatum" = Trochus (Solarium) top snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium sp. Gray 1847 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Mesalia regularis turret shell
Omalaxis serrata turret shell
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Rimella fissurella Linnaeus 1767 true conch
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
"Ancilla buccinoides" = Spirancilla buccinoides
"Ancilla buccinoides" = Spirancilla buccinoides Lamarck 1802 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Clavilithes noae Lamarck 1803 snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris sp. Röding 1798 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella eburnea Lamarck 1803 margin shell
Marginella ovulata Lamarck 1803 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta (Volutospina) athleta Solander in Brander 1877 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus sp. Röding 1798 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica epiglottina" = Cochlis epiglottina, Euspira labellata, Sinum clathratus, "Ampullina sigaretina" = Ampullaria sigaretina
"Natica epiglottina" = Cochlis epiglottina Lamarck 1804 moon snail
Euspira labellata moon snail
Sinum clathratus moon snail
"Ampullina sigaretina" = Ampullaria sigaretina Lamarck 1804 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia irregularis Cossmann and Pissaro 1906 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea plicata" = Cubitostrea plicata
"Ostrea plicata" = Cubitostrea plicata Solander 1766 oyster
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula rugosa" = Notocorbula rugosa, "Bicorbula gallica" = Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica
"Corbula rugosa" = Notocorbula rugosa Lamarck 1806 clam
"Bicorbula gallica" = Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica Lamarck 1801 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Costacallista laevigata, "Calpitaria distincta" = Pitar (Calpitaria), "Aphrodina nitidula" = Callocardia (Nitidavenus) nitidula
Costacallista laevigata Lamarck 1806 venus clam
"Calpitaria distincta" = Pitar (Calpitaria) venus clam
"Aphrodina nitidula" = Callocardia (Nitidavenus) nitidula Lamarck 1806 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Loxocardium bouei Deshayes 1858 cockle
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Glycimeris pulvinata" = Glycymeris
"Glycimeris pulvinata" = Glycymeris clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula mixta" = Nucula (Nucula) mixta
"Nucula mixta" = Nucula (Nucula) mixta Deshayes 1858 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana galliotina pointed nut clam