South-France, Le Clapier (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (44.0° N, 3.0° E: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 14.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Toarcian (180.1 - 175.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with pyrite, replaced with limonite

Primary reference: R. Hengsbach. 1985. Die Ammoniten-Gattung Catacoeloceras im S-franzoesischen und S-deutschen Ober-Toarcien. The ammonite genus Catacoeloceras in the upper Toarcian of southern France and southern Germany. Senckenbergiana lethaea 65(4/6):347-411 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38617: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 26.04.2004

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Dactylioceratidae
Catacoeloceras engeli Monestier 1931 ammonite
including forms jordani & engeli
Catacoeloceras raquinianum d'Orbigny 1845 ammonite
including forms crassiformis & pachypleura