Where: France (46.1° N, 6.5° E: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 10.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Hoplites dentatus ammonoid zone, Couches des Verds Member (Grès verts helvétiques Formation), Middle Albian (109.0 - 105.3 Ma)
• 70 cm
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, glauconitic, phosphatic, argillaceous siltstone
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 58933: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 01.03.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Hemiaster minimus heart urchin | |
Scaphopoda | |
? Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Phylloceras subalpinum" = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) subalpinum
"Phylloceras subalpinum" = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) subalpinum d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite | |
Protanisoceras sp. ammonite | |
Douvilleiceras sp. Grossouvre 1894 ammonite | |
Hoplites ex gr. dentatus ammonite
Isohoplites steinmanni Jacob 1907 ammonite
Otohoplites cf. normanniae ammonite | |
"? Tegoceras seunesi" = Tegoceras camatteanum, Lyelliceras huberianum
"? Tegoceras seunesi" = Tegoceras camatteanum d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
Lyelliceras huberianum ammonite | |
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum, "Beudanticeras albense" = Roberticeras albense
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Michelin 1838 ammonite
"Beudanticeras albense" = Roberticeras albense Breistroffer 1947 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Anthozoa | |
Platycyathus cf. orbignyi Fromentel 1862 stony coral |