Where: France (43.2° N, 5.5° E: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 6.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Acanthoceras jukesbrownei ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, that overlies the Gargasian Marls (Aptian). AGE: Middle Cenomanian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy and stratigraphic position; Acanthoceras jukesbrownei zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed 5, in the middle part of section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, concretionary siltstone and sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, concretion
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Many collectors, including W.J. Kennedy (1967-1990). REPOSITORY: Several repositories, principally the NMNH, but also the BMNH, OUM, FSM and FSL.
Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy. 1994. Cenomanian ammonites from Cassis, Bouches-du-Rhone, France. Palaeopelagos Special Publication 1:209-254 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 82845: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Eucalycoceras denizoti, Calycoceras (Newboldiceras) planecostatum, Calycoceras (Newboldiceras) asiaticum, Acanthoceras jukesbrownei
Eucalycoceras denizoti Fabre 1940 ammonite
Calycoceras (Newboldiceras) planecostatum Kossmat 1897 ammonite
Calycoceras (Newboldiceras) asiaticum Jimbo 1894 ammonite
Acanthoceras jukesbrownei Spath 1926 ammonite |