Monampteuil (Eocene of France)

Where: Aisne, France (49.4° N, 3.5° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 0.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: NP12 foram zone, Sables d'Aizy Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• P6

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

• Sables

Size class: macrofossils

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

Primary reference: B. Caze, D. Merle, J. M. Pacaud and J. P. Saint Martin. 2010. First systematic study using the variability of the residual colour patterns: the case of the Paleogene Seraphsidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Stromboidea). Geodiversitas 32(3):417-477 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 177999: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 13.04.2016

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspirocrommium nantoialense n. sp.3 Pacaud and Ledon 2014 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
Costhyrella microscopica2 Cossmann 1883 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Seraphsidae
Paraseraphs tetanus Jung 1974 snail