Le Chouet, bed 122 (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (44.5° N, 5.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 27.3° N, 22.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Berriasella jacobi ammonoid zone, Early/Lower Berriasian (143.1 - 141.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Musée Paléontologique de Provence (MPP) of Aix-Marseille University

Primary reference: C. Frau, L. G. Bulot, W. A. P. Wimbledon and C. Ifrim. 2016. Systematic palaeontology of the Perisphinctoidea in the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary interval at Le Chouet (Drôme, France), and its implications for biostratigraphy. Acta Geologica Polonica 66:175-204 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180143: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.07.2016

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Delphinella delphinense Kilian 1899 ammonite