Côte-des-Basques, Biarritz (Staadt collection) (Eocene of France)

Where: France (43.5° N, 1.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 38.2° N, 3.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Marnes de la Côte des Basques Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; poorly lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Staadt; reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: J. M. Pacaud, D. Merle, and J. Pons. 2013. Nouvelles espèces d'Ancillariinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Olividae) du Paléogène des bassins de Paris et d'Aquitaine. Cossmanniana 15:27-73 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183759: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.01.2017

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Amalda pusagnensis Pacaud et al. 2013 snail
Bearizia priabonensis Boussac 1908 snail