Where: France (46.0° N, 6.8° E: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 10.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Couches des Verds Member (Grès verts helvétiques Formation), Middle Albian (109.0 - 105.3 Ma)
• 20 cm
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, phosphatic, sandy sandstone
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 58368: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 01.02.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Macraster sp. Roemer 1888 heart urchin | |
Cephalopoda | |
Hoplites steinmanni ammonite
Hoplites sp. ammonite |