Where: France (46.9° N, 6.3° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 40.9° N, 28.9° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Couches des Verds Member (Grès verts helvétiques Formation), Early/Lower Albian (113.2 - 110.1 Ma)
• 10 cm
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, phosphatic, stromatolitic phosphorite
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, 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 58940: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 01.03.2006
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Hypacanthoplites ex gr. clavatus ammonite | |
Ptychoceras sp. d'Orbigny 1842 ammonite | |
Echinoidea | |
Discoides sp. Parkinson 1811 sea urchin |