Where: France (46.0° N, 6.6° E: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 8.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Mortoniceras pricei ammonoid zone, Couches de Balme Member (Grès verts helvétiques Formation), Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, condensed, phosphatic, calcareous mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments
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 56678: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 22.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Leymeriella sp., Leymeriella ex gr. tardefurcata, Leymeriella ex gr. regularis, "Leymeriella cf. consueta" = Neoleymeriella consueta
Leymeriella sp. ammonite
Leymeriella ex gr. tardefurcata Leymerie 1841 ammonite
Leymeriella ex gr. regularis d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
"Leymeriella cf. consueta" = Neoleymeriella consueta Casey 1957 ammonite | |
Prohysteroceras sp. Spath 1921 ammonite
Hysteroceras sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite | |
Dipoloceras sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite | |
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Puzosia sp. Bayle 1878 ammonite | |
Epihoplites cf. denarius ammonite | |
Anisoceras sp. Pictet 1854 ammonite | |
Douvilleiceras sp. Grossouvre 1894 ammonite | |
Echinoidea | |
Hyposalenia studeri sea urchin | |
Tetragramma brongniarti sea urchin | |
Conulus castaneus sea urchin | |
Hemiaster minimus heart urchin | |
Holaster laevis sea urchin | |
Discoides conicus sea urchin |