Where: France (46.0° N, 6.7° E: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 10.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Couches des Verds Member (Grès verts helvétiques Formation), Middle Albian (109.0 - 105.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, phosphatic, conglomeratic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
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 56529: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 21.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
? Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster | |
Birostrina sp. De Luc and Sowerby 1821 clam
Birostrina salomoni clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Protanisoceras sp. ammonite | |
Douvilleiceras sp. Grossouvre 1894 ammonite | |
Hoplites sp. ammonite | |
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"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Michelin 1838 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |