Where: France (42.9° N, 2.4° E: paleocoordinates 31.6° N, 4.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Placenticeras polyopsis ammonoid zone, Middle Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)
• Gallicus subzone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by Patrice Melchior
• Repository: UPS Toulouse
Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy, M. Bilotte, and P. Melchior. 1995. Ammonite faunas, biostratigraphy, and sequence stratigraphy of the Coniacian-Santonian of the Corbières (NE Pyrénées). Bulletin des Centres de Recherches Elf Exploration-Production Elf-Aquitaine 19:377-499 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 179741: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.06.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Texanites (Texanites) quinquenodosus Redtenbacher 1837 ammonite | |
Boehmoceras arculus Morton 1834 ammonite |