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Trigonia (Scabrotrigonia) scabra (Lamarck, 1819)

 

Remarks

  • Collector:    Cyril Baudouin
  • Formation:  Unnamed Turonian rocks of France
  • Location:     France

 

General Info

 

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

  • 1819 Trigonia scabra Lamarck
  • 1843 Trigonia scabra Lamarck; d'Orbigny
  • 1843 Trigonia limbata d'Orbigny
  • 1865 Trigonia scabra Lamarck; Zittel
  • 1865 Trigonia limbata d'Orbigny; Zittel
  • 1871 Trigonia scabra Lamarck; Stoliczka
  • 1913 Trigonia scabra Lamarck; Roman & Mazeran
  • 1989 Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) scabra (Lamarck); Fischer

 

Stratigraphic Occurrence

  • Late Turonian rocks of France
  • Late Turonian rocks of England
  • Late Turonian rocks of India

 

Age

  • Trigonia (Scabrotrigonia) scabra (Lamarck) occurs in the late Turonian Stage (~90 mya).

 

Geographic Occurrence (by no means an all-inclusive list)

  • England
  • France
  • India

 

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

  • Fischer, J.-C.  1989.  Fossiles de France, 2e édition.  Paris:  Masson, plate 128, fig. 6.
  • Roman, F.; Mazeran, P.  1913.  Monographie Paléontologique de la Faune du Turonien du Bassin d'Uchaux et de ses Dépendences.  Georg, H., ed.  Archives du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Lyon 7, p. 85 and 86; plate VIII, fig's 3, 4, 5, 5a, 6, 7, and 8a.
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