Loose above Bédat unit, Tercis-les-Bains (Paleocene of France)

Where: Landes, France (43.7° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 36.7° N, 1.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• The Bédat Wall itself and overlying levels contain diagnostic Palaeogene globigerinids.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. S. Odin. 2001. The Campanian-Maastrichtian stage boundary. Development in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy 19:1-881 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 214202: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.09.2020

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
"Isopneustes aturicus" = Cyclaster aturicus
"Isopneustes aturicus" = Cyclaster aturicus Seunes 1888 heart urchin