Couches de Balme, Fiz aval, massif de Platé, Haute-Savoie (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (46.0° N, 6.8° E: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 8.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Hysteroceras orbignyi ammonoid zone, couches de Balme Member (Grès verts helvétiques Formation), Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• Fiz aval section, 30 cm

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, phosphatic, intraclastic 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 58431: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 06.02.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
? Cardium sp.
? Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Carditida - Astartidae
? Opis sp.
? Opis sp. Defrance 1824 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca cf. carinata
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Birostrina concentrica, Birostrina sulcata
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp.
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
? Natica sp.
? Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Perissoptera sp.
Perissoptera sp. Tate 1865 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Haustator cf. vibrayeanum
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria sp.
Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826 snail
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Scaphites sp., "Scaphites hugardianus" = Scaphites (Scaphites) hugardianus
Scaphites sp. Parkinson 1811 ammonite
"Scaphites hugardianus" = Scaphites (Scaphites) hugardianus d'Orbigny 1842 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Labeceratidae
Hamitoides cf. studerianus
 Ammonitida - Anisoceratidae
Anisoceras sp., Anisoceras perarmatum, Idiohamites sp.
Anisoceras sp. Pictet 1854 ammonite
Anisoceras perarmatum Pictet and Campiche 1861 ammonite
Idiohamites sp. Spath 1925 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hamitidae
Hamites sp., Hamites ex gr. venetzianus
Hamites sp. Parkinson 1811 ammonite
Hamites ex gr. venetzianus Pictet 1847 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Lechites sp.
Lechites sp. Nowak 1908 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Turrilitidae
? Pseudhelicoceras sp., Pseudhelicoceras robertianum
? Pseudhelicoceras sp. Spath 1922 ammonite
Pseudhelicoceras robertianum d'Orbigny 1842 ammonite
 Ammonitida -
? Plesiohamites sp.
 Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Turrilitoides sp.
Turrilitoides sp. Spath 1923 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Mortoniceras sp., "Mortoniceras ex gr. perinflatum" = Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) perinflatum, Prohysteroceras sp., Hysteroceras sp., Hysteroceras ex gr. orbignyi, Cantabrigites cantabridgiensis
Mortoniceras sp. Meek 1876 ammonite
"Mortoniceras ex gr. perinflatum" = Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) perinflatum Spath 1922 ammonite
Prohysteroceras sp. Spath 1921 ammonite
Hysteroceras sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
Hysteroceras ex gr. orbignyi Spath 1922 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Flickiidae
"Salaziceras salazacensis" = Salaziceras (Salaziceras) salazacense
"Salaziceras salazacensis" = Salaziceras (Salaziceras) salazacense Hébert and Munier-Chalmas 1875 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lyelliceratidae
Neophlycticeras blancheti, "Stoliczkaia sp." = Stoliczkaiella, "Stoliczkaia notha" = Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) notha
Neophlycticeras blancheti Pictet and Campiche 1859 ammonite
"Stoliczkaia sp." = Stoliczkaiella Cooper 2012 ammonite
"Stoliczkaia notha" = Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) notha Seeley 1865 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
Kossmatella cf. agassiziana, "Tetragonites cf. jurinianus" = Tetragonites (Tetragonites) jurinianus
Kossmatella cf. agassiziana Pictet and Roux 1847 ammonite
"Tetragonites cf. jurinianus" = Tetragonites (Tetragonites) jurinianus Pictet 1847 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hoplitidae
Callihoplites sp., Pleurohoplites ex gr. renauxianus, Discohoplites sp., ? Epihoplites sp., ? Anahoplites sp.
Pleurohoplites ex gr. renauxianus d'Orbigny 1840 ammonite
? Anahoplites sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum, "Puzosia mayoriana" = Puzosia (Puzosia) mayoriana
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Michelin 1838 ammonite
"Puzosia mayoriana" = Puzosia (Puzosia) mayoriana d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Beudanticeratidae
Beudanticeras beudanti
Beudanticeras beudanti Brongniart 1822 ammonite
Echinoidea
 Euechinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
Tetragramma brongniarti, Polydiadema rhodani
 Holectypoida - Discoididae
Discoides sp.
Discoides sp. Parkinson 1811 sea urchin
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Holaster laevis, Holaster perezii
Holaster laevis sea urchin
Holaster perezii sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster minimus
Hemiaster minimus heart urchin
 Echinoneoida - Conulidae
Conulus castaneus