Frozes (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (46.7° N, 0.1° E: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 10.2° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Bimammatum ammonoid zone, Marnes à Spongiaires Formation, Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous carbonate

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (float), mechanical

Primary reference: P. Quéreilhac. 2009. La sous-famille des Taramelliceratinae (Ammonitina, Haploceratoidea, Oppeliidae) de l'Oxfordien Moyen et Supérieur (Zone à Plicatilis, Sous-zone à Berrense) du Nord de la Vienne, France (Province subméditerranéenne). Carnets de Géologie (Notebook on Geology) [D. Gendry/D. Gendry/D. Gendry]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 164889: authorized by Damien Gendry, entered by Damien Gendry on 30.12.2014

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Taramelliceras (Richeiceras) pichleri Oppel 1863 ammonite
morphe courvillei and pichleri
Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras) externnodosum Dorn 1930 ammonite
morphe externnodosum
Taramelliceras (Metahaploceras) jaeggii Quéreilhac 2009 ammonite
 Ammonitida -
Taramelliceras (Richeiceras) lochense Oppel 1863 ammonite
morphe microdomum