Where: France (46.8° N, 6.0° E: paleocoordinates 37.8° N, 15.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Renggeri-Ton Formation, Early/Lower Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified claystone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: replaced with pyrite

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: H. Hess. 1965. Mikropaläontologische Untersuchungen an Ophiuren. IV. Die Ophiuren aus dem Renggeri-Ton (Unter-Oxford) von Chapois (Jura) und Longecombe (Ain). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 58(2):1059-1082 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 61718: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 23.06.2006

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