Where: France (47.0° N, 6.7° E: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 12.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Platé Member (Grès verts helvétiques Formation), Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, phosphatic, sandy marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Primary reference: M. Delamette, J. Charollais, D. Decrouez and M. Caron. 1997. Les grès verts helvétiques (Aptien moyen-Albien supérieur) de Haute-Savoie, Valais et Vaud (Alpes occidentales franco-suisses). Publications du Département de Géologie et Paléontologie. Section des Sciences de la Terre 23:1-400 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 56521: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 21.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Hemiaster minimus heart urchin | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Isuridae indet. Gray 1851 mackerel shark | |
Cephalopoda | |
Phylloceras sp., "Phylloceras velledae" = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae
Phylloceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite
"Phylloceras velledae" = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae Michelin 1834 ammonite Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae
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"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Michelin 1838 ammonite | |
Protanisoceras aff. raulinianum ammonite | |
Douvilleiceras sp. Grossouvre 1894 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Birostrina salomoni clam | |
Chondrites sp. von Sternberg 1833 |