Where: France (46.1° N, 6.8° E: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 8.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Mortoniceras fallax ammonoid zone, Grès verts helvétiques Formation, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, condensed, phosphatic conglomerate
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 56541: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 21.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Mortoniceras ex gr. fallax" = Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) fallax
"Mortoniceras ex gr. fallax" = Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) fallax Breistroffer 1940 ammonite | |
Echinoidea | |
Polydiadema rhodani sea urchin |