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Mont de BesnevilleFarm, Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Cherbourg, Manche, Normandy, France
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 49.3875,-1.52139 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Manche, France |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Cherbourg, Manche, Normandy, France |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Sangsurière Fm., Saint Sauveur le Vicomte | Henry J.-L. (1980) | Mont de Besneville | Caradoc | siltstone | 460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician |
Mont de Besneville Fm., Saint Sauveur le Vicomte | Henry J.-L. (1980) | Mont de Besneville | sandstone | 470 - 458.4 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Crozonaspis dujardini species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Dalmanitidae : Crozonaspis : Crozonaspis dujardini | 460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician |
Eudolatites sp. genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Dalmanitidae : Eudolatites | 460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician |
Iberocoryphe bonissenti species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Homalonotidae : Iberocoryphe : Iberocoryphe bonissenti | 470 - 458.4 Ma Middle Ordovician |
References
Henry J.-L. (1980) Trilobites ordoviciens du Massif armoricain, Mémoires de la Société Géologique et Minéralogique de Bretagne 22, 1-250 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!