Vrines, near Thouars (Variabilis horizon, Welsch collection) (Jurassic of France)

Also known as Le Rigollier

Where: Deux-Sèvres, France (47.0° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 11.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Variabilis (182.0 - 175.6 Ma)

• Variabilis subzone, Variabilis horizon

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, ferruginous, ooidal limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. Welsch

• Repository: Faculté des Sciences de Poitiers

Primary reference: J. Gabilly. 1976. Évolution et systématique des Phymatoceratinae et des Grammoceratinae (Hildocerataceae Ammonitina) de la région de Thouars, stratotype du Toarcien. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France, Nouvelle Série 124:1-196 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 148850: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.07.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Phymatoceratidae
Denckmannia pseuderbaensis n. sp. Gabilly 1976 ammonite
Determined by S. Buckman as "Denckmannia robusta"