Carajuan 4: Early Valanginian - Late Valanginian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Karakaschiceras sp. Thieuloy 1971
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 43.0° North, 6.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.0° North, 15.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Valanginian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 1
Key time interval: Early Valanginian - Late Valanginian
Age range of interval: 139.8 - 132.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Secondary lithology: lithified argillaceous "limestone"
Lithology description: yellow shales and shaly limestones
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:55744
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:A. Tomasovych
Modifier:A. Tomasovych Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-11-03 13:03:59 Last modified:2005-11-03 15:12:36
Access level:the public Released:2005-11-03 13:03:59
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

15055. M. R. Sandy. 1986. Lower Cretaceous brachiopods from Provence, France, and their biostratigraphical distribution. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 40:177-196 [F. Fursich/A. Tomasovych/M. Manojlovic]