Level IV.17base, Collotiformis horizon, Pointe du Grouin, Vendée (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (46.3° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 9.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Athleta zone, Collotiformis sub-zone, Collotiformis horizon, 2.7 m

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, white limestone

Size class: macrofossils

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 60439: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 15.05.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
 Ammonitida - Reineckeiidae
Collotites collotiformis Jeannet 1951 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Sublunuloceras nodosulcatum Lahusen 1883 ammonite