Where: France (44.2° N, 4.8° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 5.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Romaniceras mexicanum ammonoid zone, Massillan Formation, Middle Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, gray limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: F. Amédro, F. Robaszynski, B. Matrion and C. Devalque. 2016. A North American ammonite fauna from the late Middle Turonian of Vaucluse and Gard, southern France: the Romaniceras mexicanum, Prionocyclus hyatti and Coilopoceras cf. springeri association. Acta Geologica Polonica 66:729-736 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 184521: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.03.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Romaniceras (Romaniceras) mexicanum Jones 1938 ammonite |