E2 Chansiergue, unit UL5 (Cretaceous of France)

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

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae