Chaumont (Deshayes collection) (Eocene of France)

Where: France (49.3° N, 1.9° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 41.7° N, 8.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: carbonate

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 171528: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.07.2015

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
"Nautilus umbilicaris" = Eutrephoceras umbilicare
"Nautilus umbilicaris" = Eutrephoceras umbilicare Deshayes 1835
Gastropoda
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissurella labiata Lamarck 1802 snail
 Opisthobranchiata - Bullidae
Bulla cylindroides Deshayes 1824 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Pileopsis cornucopiae Lamarck 1802 snail
Pileopsis spirirostris Lamarck 1802 snail