Where: France (46.0° N, 6.4° E: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 8.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Mortoniceras perinflatum ammonoid zone, Couches du Freu Formation, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• Lowest 30 centimeters of "Couches du Freu"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, condensed, phosphatic conglomerate
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 56848: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 27.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Tetragonites sp. Kossmat 1895 ammonite | |
Beudanticeras beudanti Brongniart 1822 ammonite | |
Puzosia sp. Bayle 1878 ammonite | |
"Mortoniceras ex gr. perinflatum" = Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) perinflatum, Prohysteroceras spp., Hysteroceras spp.
"Mortoniceras ex gr. perinflatum" = Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) perinflatum Spath 1922 ammonite
Prohysteroceras spp. Spath 1921 ammonite
Hysteroceras spp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite | |
Leymeriella sp. ammonite | |
Douvilleiceras sp. Grossouvre 1894 ammonite | |
Scaphites sp. Parkinson 1811 ammonite | |
Hamites sp. Parkinson 1811 ammonite
Pictetia sp. Uhlig 1883 ammonite | |
"Mariella bergeri" = Mariella (Mariella) bergeri
"Mariella bergeri" = Mariella (Mariella) bergeri Brongniart 1822 ammonite | |
Echinoidea | |
Discoides sp. Parkinson 1811 sea urchin | |
Holaster laevis sea urchin | |
Hemiaster minimus heart urchin | |
Conulus castaneus sea urchin |