Soissons (Defrance collection) (Eocene of France)

Where: France (49.4° N, 3.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 41.7° N, 9.4° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian (48.1 - 41.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: carbonate

• Calcaire grossier

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Defrance collection (some of which is now at Musée de Normandie, Caen, or at MNHN Paris)

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 184833: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.03.2017

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchiata - Bullidae
Bulla conica Deshayes 1824 snail