Where: France (43.8° N, 7.0° E: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 11.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified rudstone and poorly lithified, yellow claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: recrystallized, replaced with calcite
Collection methods: surface (float),
• The sample is a limestone pavement about 27cm long, 18cm wide, transported by river.
Primary reference: A. Lanquine. 1916. Sur un Ophiuruidé du Rhétien des Alpes-Maritimes. Bulletin de la Société Géologique Française 16:88-96 [L. Villier/J. Millet/J. Millet]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 62031: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Julien Millet on 10.07.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Oxytoma contorta scallop | |
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"Cardita austriaca" = Palaeocardita austriaca
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Ophiuroidea | |
Ophiolepis bertrandi Lanquine 1916 brittle star |