Where: France (45.9° N, 6.5° E: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 15.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bostan Member (Grès verts helvétiques Formation), Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, condensed, phosphatic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with phosphate
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 56532: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 21.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Discoides decoratus Desor 1842 sea urchin | |
Cephalopoda | |
cf. Epicheloniceras martinoides, Epicheloniceras aff. subnodosocostatum, Epicheloniceras subnodosocostatum
cf. Epicheloniceras martinoides ammonite
Epicheloniceras aff. subnodosocostatum Sinzow 1906 ammonite | |
"Colombiceras tobleri" = Colombiceras (Colombiceras) tobleri
"Colombiceras tobleri" = Colombiceras (Colombiceras) tobleri Jacob and Tobler 1906 ammonite Colombiceras tobleri discoidalis
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Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam |