Where: France (48.8° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 9.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Aulacosphinctes hollandi ammonoid zone, Great Oolite Group, Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Great Oolite, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Bathonian in text; justification not given for age assignment. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section. Probably la Caillasse de la Basse-Ecarde Formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• .COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Originally in the Eudes-Deslongchamps coll.; presently lost
Primary reference: A. G. Smith. 1973. Fossil chitons from the Mesozoic - A checklist and bibliography. Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences 103:1-30 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91221: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.09.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Polyplacophora | |
"Chiton" koninckii Eudes-Deslongchamps 1849 chiton |