Where: France (46.7° N, 0.0° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 10.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Antecedens ammonoid zone, Theoi Marls Formation, Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, concretionary, calcareous shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: P. Quereilhac and Y. Guinot. 2011. Les "Marnes à theoi" de Pamproux (Deux-Sèvres, France), Sous-Zone à Antecedens (Oxfordien moyen, Zone à Plicatilis): diversité des faunes et découverte de nouvelles espèces d'ammonites [The "Theoi Marls" of Pamproux (Deux-Sèvres department, France), Antecedens Sub-zone (Middle Oxfordian, Plicatilis Zone): faunal diversity and discovery of new ammonite species]. Carnets de géologie (Notebook on Geology) CG2011_M01:31-61 [D. Gendry/D. Gendry/D. Gendry]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 163587: authorized by Damien Gendry, entered by Damien Gendry on 06.11.2014

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