Where: France (47.1° N, 4.7° E: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 15.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression, concretion
Collected by Jacques Varennes de Beost in 1755
• M. de Varennes de Beost was secretary-in-chief of the Estates of Bourgogne
Primary reference: A. J. Dezallier d'Argenville. 1755. L'Histoire Naturelle Eclaircie dans une de ses Parties Principales, L'Oryctologie, qui Trait des Terres, des Pierres, des Métaux, des Minéraux, et Autres Fossiles, Ouvrage dans lequel on Trouve une Nouvelle Methode Latine & Françoise de les Divifer, & une Notice Critique des Principaux Ouvrages qui ont Paru fur ces Matieres 1-560 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122738: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
"Elops macropterus n. sp." = Pachycormus macropterus
"Elops macropterus n. sp." = Pachycormus macropterus de Blainville 1818 |