Lindars conglomerate, Sautet, massif de Platé, Haute-Savoie (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (46.0° N, 6.7° E: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 8.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Mortoniceras inflatum ammonoid zone, couches de Balme Member (Grès verts helvétiques Formation), Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• 25 cm

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, glauconitic, phosphatic, intraclastic conglomerate and poorly lithified, bioturbated, glauconitic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, 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 58527: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 12.02.2006

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Trochocyathus sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Macraster polygonus heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster minimus heart urchin
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
 Holectypoida - Discoididae
Discoides sp. Parkinson 1811 sea urchin
 Euechinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
 Salenioida - Hyposaleniidae
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
? Opis sp. Defrance 1824 clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
? Aucellina sp. Pompeckj 1901 scallop
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Beudanticeratidae
Beudanticeras beudanti Brongniart 1822 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum, "Puzosia mayoriana" = Puzosia (Puzosia) mayoriana
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Michelin 1838 ammonite
"Puzosia mayoriana" = Puzosia (Puzosia) mayoriana d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hoplitidae
Pleurohoplites renauxianus d'Orbigny 1840 ammonite
Pleurohoplites ex gr. renauxianus d'Orbigny 1840 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
 Ammonitida - Lyelliceratidae
"Stoliczkaia notha" = Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) notha Seeley 1865 ammonite
Neophlycticeras blancheti Pictet and Campiche 1859 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Mortoniceras sp. Meek 1876 ammonite
Mortoniceras subquadratum Spath 1933 ammonite
"Mortoniceras ex gr. perinflatum" = Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) perinflatum Spath 1922 ammonite
"Mortoniceras inflatum" = Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) inflatum Sowerby 1818 ammonite
? Prohysteroceras sp. Spath 1921 ammonite
Cantabrigites sp. Spath 1933 ammonite
Cantabrigites cantabrigense Spath 1933 ammonite
Hysteroceras cf. binum Sowerby 1815 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
"Scaphites hugardianus" = Scaphites (Scaphites) hugardianus
"Scaphites hugardianus" = Scaphites (Scaphites) hugardianus d'Orbigny 1842 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Turrilitidae
Mariella sp. Nowak 1916 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Anisoceratidae
Anisoceras sp. Pictet 1854 ammonite
Anisoceras perarmatum Pictet and Campiche 1861 ammonite
Anisoceras armatum Sowerby 1817 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hamitidae
Hemiptychoceras gaultinum Pictet 1847 ammonite
Hamites sp. Parkinson 1811 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
"Lechites gaudini" = Lechites (Lechites) gaudini
"Lechites gaudini" = Lechites (Lechites) gaudini Pictet and Campiche 1861 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Turrilitoides hugardianus d'Orbigny 1842 ammonite
 Ichnofossils -
Rogerella sp. Saint-Seine 1951