Level IV.15, Trezeense horizon, Velluire, Vendée (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (46.4° N, 0.9° W: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 9.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• Athleta zone, Trezeense sub-zone, 10 m

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, blue marl and lithified wackestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with pyrite

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: E. Cariou. 1974. La série callovienne du Nord-Ouest du bassin d'Aquitaine. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Serie D: Sciences Naturelles 279(4):307-310 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 60437: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 15.05.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Richeiceras sp. Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Horioceras baugieri d'Orbigny 1847 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Leptoceratoididae