Abbecourt (Deshayes collection) (Paleocene of France)

Where: Oise, France (49.4° N, 2.2° E: paleocoordinates 43.9° N, 0.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: NP9 foram zone, Sables de Bracheux Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: personal collection of Deshayes (material apparently lost)

Primary reference: G. P. Deshayes. 1824. Description des Coquilles Fossiles des Environs de Paris, Tome Second: Mollusques 1-80 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 184830: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.03.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Auricula bimarginata n. sp. Deshayes 1824 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
"Bulla angistoma" = Cylichna angystoma
"Bulla angistoma" = Cylichna angystoma Deshayes 1824 snail