Where: France (43.7° N, 1.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 3.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collection methods: Repository: Bordeaux 1 University, Talence
Primary reference: R. Chirat. 2000. The so-called 'cosmopolitan palaeobiogeographic distribution' of Tertiary Nautilida of the genus Aturia Bronn 1838: the result of post-mortem transport by oceanic palaeocurrents. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 157:59-77 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 179858: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.07.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Aturia sp. Bronn 1838 nautiloid |