Barmerousse Horizon, Criou, Haut-Giffre, Haute-Savoie: Middle Albian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hoplitidae
Hoplites sp.
2 specimens
Euhoplites loricatus
1 specimen
Euhoplites loricatus aspasia
Anahoplites intermedius
2 specimens
two sub-species: A. intermedius intermedius and A. intermedius praecox
Anahoplites planus (Mantell 1822)
2 specimens
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Anisoceratidae
? Anisoceras arrogans (Giebel 1852)
1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Turrilitidae
Pseudhelicoceras catenatum
1 specimen
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
? Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
19 specimens
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Dicroloma marginata
5 specimens
Dicroloma (Perissoptera) marginata
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Birostrina ex gr. concentrica
26 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
? Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 46.1° North, 6.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.7° North, 10.8° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:1910 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Albian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 4
Key time interval:Middle Albian Ammonoid zone: Anahoplites intermedius
Age range of interval:109.90000 - 106.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Grès verts helvétiques Member:Couches des Verds
Local section:Aouille de Criou Local bed:Barmerousse
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:phosphatic lithified calcareous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:56550
Authorizer:L. Villier Enterer:L. Villier
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-11-21 06:32:32 Last modified:2021-05-14 11:20:53
Access level:the public Released:2005-11-21 06:32:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

15196.1% M. Delamette, J. Charollais, D. Decrouez and M. Caron. 1997. Les grès verts helvétiques (Aptien moyen-Albien supérieur) de Haute-Savoie, Valais et Vaud (Alpes occidentales franco-suisses). Publications du Département de Géologie et Paléontologie. Section des Sciences de la Terre 23:1-400 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Uhen]