Horizon de Romme, Croix de Bella Cha, Aravis, Haute-Savoie (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (45.9° N, 6.5° E: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 8.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mortoniceras pricei ammonoid zone, Grès verts helvétiques Formation, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, phosphatic, conglomeratic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

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 56526: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 21.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
Kossmatella cf. romana Wiedmann 1962 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
"Beudanticeras cf. albense" = Roberticeras albense
"Beudanticeras cf. albense" = Roberticeras albense Breistroffer 1947 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lyelliceratidae
"Lyelliceras ex gr. cotteri" = Lyelliceras lyelli
"Lyelliceras ex gr. cotteri" = Lyelliceras lyelli d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Leymeriellidae
Leymeriella ex gr. tardefurcata Leymerie 1841 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hoplitidae
? Protohoplites sp. Spath 1923 ammonite
Protohoplites (Hemisonneratia) sp.
 Ammonitida - Astiericeratidae
 Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
Douvilleiceras sp. Grossouvre 1894 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Turrilitidae
Pseudhelicoceras robertianum d'Orbigny 1842 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Acanthohoplitidae
Hypacanthoplites ex gr. milletianus d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Birostrina sulcata" = Actinoceramus
"Birostrina sulcata" = Actinoceramus clam