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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Cidaris alpina Zardini 1973 sea urchin | |
Asteroidea | |
Pentetagonaster malbosii d'Orbigny 1850 sea star | |
Crinoidea | |
Phyllocrinus malbosianus d'Orbigny 1850 Sea lily | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Cephalopoda | |
Neocomites occitanicus ammonite
Berriasella latecostata ammonite
Berriasella callisto d'Orbigny 1847 ammonite
Berriasella privasensis Pictet 1867 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Prospondylus euthymi scallop |