Ferme de l'Orme (Deshayes collection) (Eocene of France)

Where: France (48.8° N, 1.9° E: paleocoordinates 45.7° N, 1.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• Calcaire grossier

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: personal collection of Deshayes (specimens apparently now 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 184829: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.03.2017

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla lignaria Linnaeus 1758 snail
Bulla globulus n. sp. Deshayes 1824 snail