Where: France (46.1° N, 6.8° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 11.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Couches des Verds Member (Grès verts helvétiques Formation), Early/Lower Albian to Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 105.3 Ma)
• 25 cm
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, hardground, phosphatic, flat-pebble, intraclastic, sandy 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 58124: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 22.01.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Protanisoceras cf. blancheti Pictet and Campiche 1861 ammonite | |
Douvilleiceras sp. Grossouvre 1894 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |