Berriasian stratotype -beds 198-199 (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (44.4° N, 4.2° E: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 13.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified wackestone

Collection methods: 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 91169: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 08.09.2009

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Kilianella sp. Uhlig 1905 ammonite
Neocomites neocomiensis d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
Thurmanniceras sp. Cossmann 1901 ammonite