Where: France (42.9° N, 2.5° E: paleocoordinates 31.4° N, 4.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Coniacian (89.8 - 86.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by A. d'Orbigny; reposited in the MNHN
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 179792: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.06.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Scaphites compressus n. sp." = Yezoites orbignyi
"Scaphites compressus n. sp." = Yezoites orbignyi Kennedy 1995 ammonite | |
"Turrilites plicatus n. sp." = Hyphantoceras plicatum
"Turrilites plicatus n. sp." = Hyphantoceras plicatum d'Orbigny 1842 ammonite |