Where: France (46.0° N, 6.8° E: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 8.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Hysteroceras orbignyi ammonoid zone, couches de Balme Member (Grès verts helvétiques Formation), Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• Fiz aval section, 30 cm
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, phosphatic, intraclastic conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with phosphate
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 58431: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 06.02.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Tetragramma brongniarti sea urchin
Polydiadema rhodani sea urchin | |
Conulus castaneus sea urchin | |
Discoides sp. Parkinson 1811 sea urchin | |
Holaster laevis sea urchin
Holaster perezii sea urchin | |
Hemiaster minimus heart urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826 snail | |
Haustator cf. vibrayeanum turret shell | |
Perissoptera sp. Tate 1865 snail | |
? Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam | |
? Opis sp. Defrance 1824 clam | |
? Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Birostrina sulcata clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Beudanticeras beudanti Brongniart 1822 ammonite | |
"Puzosia mayoriana" = Puzosia (Puzosia) mayoriana, "Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum
"Puzosia mayoriana" = Puzosia (Puzosia) mayoriana d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Michelin 1838 ammonite | |
"Tetragonites cf. jurinianus" = Tetragonites (Tetragonites) jurinianus, Kossmatella cf. agassiziana
"Tetragonites cf. jurinianus" = Tetragonites (Tetragonites) jurinianus Pictet 1847 ammonite
Kossmatella cf. agassiziana Pictet and Roux 1847 ammonite | |
Hysteroceras sp., Hysteroceras ex gr. orbignyi, Cantabrigites cantabridgiensis, Prohysteroceras sp., Mortoniceras sp., "Mortoniceras ex gr. perinflatum" = Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) perinflatum
Hysteroceras sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
Hysteroceras ex gr. orbignyi Spath 1922 ammonite
Cantabrigites cantabridgiensis ammonite
Prohysteroceras sp. Spath 1921 ammonite
Mortoniceras sp. Meek 1876 ammonite
"Mortoniceras ex gr. perinflatum" = Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) perinflatum Spath 1922 ammonite | |
"Salaziceras salazacensis" = Salaziceras (Salaziceras) salazacense
"Salaziceras salazacensis" = Salaziceras (Salaziceras) salazacense Hébert and Munier-Chalmas 1875 ammonite | |
"Stoliczkaia sp." = Stoliczkaiella, "Stoliczkaia notha" = Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) notha, Neophlycticeras blancheti
"Stoliczkaia sp." = Stoliczkaiella Cooper 2012 ammonite
"Stoliczkaia notha" = Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) notha Seeley 1865 ammonite
Neophlycticeras blancheti Pictet and Campiche 1859 ammonite | |
? Epihoplites sp., Discohoplites sp., Callihoplites sp., Pleurohoplites ex gr. renauxianus, ? Anahoplites sp.
? Epihoplites sp. ammonite
Discohoplites sp. ammonite
Callihoplites sp. ammonite
Pleurohoplites ex gr. renauxianus d'Orbigny 1840 ammonite
? Anahoplites sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite | |
Hamitoides cf. studerianus ammonite | |
Scaphites sp., "Scaphites hugardianus" = Scaphites (Scaphites) hugardianus
Scaphites sp. Parkinson 1811 ammonite
"Scaphites hugardianus" = Scaphites (Scaphites) hugardianus d'Orbigny 1842 ammonite | |
? Plesiohamites sp. ammonite | |
Lechites sp. Nowak 1908 ammonite | |
Idiohamites sp. Spath 1925 ammonite
Anisoceras sp. Pictet 1854 ammonite
Anisoceras perarmatum Pictet and Campiche 1861 ammonite | |
? Pseudhelicoceras sp. Spath 1922 ammonite
Pseudhelicoceras robertianum d'Orbigny 1842 ammonite | |
Turrilitoides sp. Spath 1923 ammonite | |
Hamites sp. Parkinson 1811 ammonite
Hamites ex gr. venetzianus Pictet 1847 ammonite |