Ammonoids, Athelta zone, Poitou (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (46.3° N, 0.5° W: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 10.0° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

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

• Athleta zone

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Cariou, S. Elmi, C. Mangold, J. Thierry, and H. Tintant. 1971. La succession des faunes dans le Callovien Francais, essais de corrélation à l'échelle de la zone. Mémoires du B.R.G.M. 75:665-692 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 60544: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 17.05.2006

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
 Ammonitida - Reineckeiidae
 Ammonitida - Kosmoceratidae
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Rursiceras reversum Leckenby 1859 ammonite
"Peltoceras athleta" = Peltoceras (Peltoceras) athleta Phillips 1829 ammonite