Berriasian stratotype -beds 191-196 (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (44.4° N, 4.2° E: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 13.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Berriasian (145.0 - 140.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, pyritic, blue wackestone

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: P. Donze and G. Le Hégarat. 1965. Les dépôts de la limite Berriasien-Valanginien dans le stratotype du Berriasien à Berrias (Ardèche) et dans la région avoisinante. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris 260:3707-3709 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 91168: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 08.09.2009

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
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Cidaris alpina Zardini 1973 sea urchin
Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Pentetagonaster malbosii d'Orbigny 1850 sea star
Crinoidea
 Cyrtocrinida - Phyllocrinidae
Phyllocrinus malbosianus d'Orbigny 1850 Sea lily
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
 Terebratulida - Pygopidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Berriasella callisto d'Orbigny 1847 ammonite
Berriasella privasensis Pictet 1867 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae