Romme and Bella Cha horizons, Sommier d'Aval, massif des Aravis, Haute-Savoie: Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Mariella gresslyi
Pictet and Campiche 1861
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mortoniceras ex gr. pricei
Spath 1922
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Ornathothyris sp.
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18 specimens | |||||||||
Foraminifera indet.
Eichwald 1830
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encrusting form | ||||||||||
Echinoidea
- Salenioida
- Hyposaleniidae
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Hyposalenia studeri
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Echinoidea
- Holectypoida
- Discoididae
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Camerogalerus cylindricus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Discoides conicus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Discoides rotulus
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Echinoidea
- Holasteroida
- Holasteridae
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Holaster laevis
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Holaster perezii
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Hemiasteridae
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Hemiaster minimus
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Echinoidea
- Echinoneoida
- Conulidae
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Conulus castaneus
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13 specimens | |||||||||
Echinoidea
- Pseudodiadematidae
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Tetragramma brongniarti
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Polydiadema rhodani
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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38 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia aliformis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Trigoniidae indet.
Lamarck 1819
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Linotrigonia archiana
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Opis sp.
Defrance 1824
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Corbis sp.
Cuvier 1817
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2 specimens | |||||||||
replaced by Fimbria | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullea sp.
(Lamarck 1801)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Cucullaea | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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? Arca sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Buchiidae
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Aucellina sp.
Pompeckj 1901
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula sp.
Lamarck 1801
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Birostrina cf. salomoni
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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? Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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44 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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? Turritella faucignyana
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Metacerithiidae
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Metacerithium sp.
Cossmann 1906
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Dicroloma marginata
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14 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Natica sp.
Scopoli 1777
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14 specimens | |||||||||
Gyrodes gaultina
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Confusiscala dupiniana
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Semisolarium sp.
Cossmann 1915
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Discohelicidae
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Nummocalcar sp.
Cossmann 1896
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23 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Avellana subincrassata
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Acanthohoplitidae
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Hypacanthoplites sp.
Spath 1923
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38 specimens | |||||||||
Hypacanthoplites elegans
(Fritel 1906)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Hypacanthoplites milletianus
(d'Orbigny 1841)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Scaphitidae
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Scaphites hugardianus
d'Orbigny 1842
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3 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Scaphites (Scaphites) hugardianus | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Douvilleiceratidae
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Douvilleiceras mammilatum
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Douvilleiceras sp.
Grossouvre 1894
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48 specimens | |||||||||
Douvilleiceras cf. orbignyi
Hyatt 1903
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Douvilleiceras inaequinodum | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
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? Plesiohamites sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Nostoceratidae
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Turrilitoides sp.
Spath 1923
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Anisoceratidae
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Anisoceras sp.
Pictet 1854
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6 specimens | |||||||||
? Protanisoceras lardyi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
? Protanisoceras sp.
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Protanisoceras blancheti
(Pictet and Campiche 1861)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Idiohamites favrinus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Lechites sp.
Nowak 1908
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14 specimens | |||||||||
Lechites gaudini
(Pictet and Campiche 1861)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Lechites (Lechites) gaudini | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Hamitidae
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Hamites sp.
Parkinson 1811
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27 specimens | |||||||||
Hamites praegibbosus
Spath 1941
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Pictetia cf. asteriana
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Turrilitidae
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Mariella cantabrigensis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Mariella sp.
Nowak 1916
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Ostlingoceras puzosianum
(d'Orbigny 1842)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Pseudhelicoceras sp.
Spath 1922
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Labeceratidae
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Hamitoides sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Tetragonitidae
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Tetragonites sp.
(Kossmat 1895)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Tetragonites cf. rectangularis
Wiedmann 1962
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Tetragonites timotheanus rectangularis | ||||||||||
Tetragonites cf. subtimotheanus
Wiedmann 1962
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Eogaudryceras shimizui
Breistroffer 1936
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Eogaudryceras (Eogaudryceras) shimizui | ||||||||||
Eotetragonites jallabertianus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Eogaudryceras (Eotetragonites) | ||||||||||
Kossmatella sp.
Jacob 1907
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Protetragonitidae
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Protetragonites aeolus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Hoplitidae
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Callihoplites sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pleurohoplites sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Hyphoplites sp.
Spath 1922
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Metaclavites cf. compressus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Epihoplites (Metaclavites) | ||||||||||
Hoplites ex gr. bennetianus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Hoplites sp.
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Isohoplites steinmanni
(Jacob 1907)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Mojsisovicsiidae
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Dipoloceras ex gr. delaruei
(d'Orbigny 1841)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Dipoloceroides delaruei | ||||||||||
Dipoloceras cf. subdelaruei
Spath 1931
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Dipoloceras (Dipoloceroides) subdelaruei | ||||||||||
Dipoloceras aff. cristatum
(Brongniart 1822)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Brancoceratidae
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Cantabrigites sp.
(Spath 1933)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Hysteroceras sp.
Hyatt 1900
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Hysteroceras subbinum
Spath 1934
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Hysteroceras orbignyi
(Spath 1922)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Prohysteroceras sp.
Spath 1921
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mortoniceras ex gr. perinflatum
(Spath 1922)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) perinflatum | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Leymeriellidae
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Leymeriella densicostata
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Leymeriella rencurelensis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Leymeriella sp.
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110 specimens | |||||||||
Leymeriella tardefurcata
(Leymerie 1841)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Leymeriella rudis
Casey 1957
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Neoleymeriella rudis | ||||||||||
Leymeriella consueta
Casey 1957
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2 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Neoleymeriella consueta | ||||||||||
Leymeriella pseudoregularis
Seitz 1930
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2 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Leymeriella (Neoleymeriella) pseudoregularis | ||||||||||
Leymeriella regularis
(d'Orbigny 1841)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Lyelliceratidae
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Tegoceras sp.
Hyatt 1903
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Tegoceras aff. quadratum
Destombes 1977
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Tegoceras camatteanum | ||||||||||
Lyelliceras leyelli
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Lyelliceras huberianum
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Lyelliceras sp.
Spath 1921
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Stoliczkaia notha
(Seeley 1865)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) notha | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Desmoceratidae
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Beudanticeras dupinianum
(d'Orbigny 1841)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Roberticeras dupinianum | ||||||||||
Beudanticeras ex gr. dupinianum
(d'Orbigny 1841)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Roberticeras dupinianum | ||||||||||
Beudanticeras ex gr. albense
Breistroffer 1947
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5 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Roberticeras albense | ||||||||||
Beudanticeras newtoni
Casey 1961
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2 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Roberticeras newtoni | ||||||||||
Valdedorsella akuschaensis
(Anthula 1899)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Puzosia sp.
Bayle 1878
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24 specimens | |||||||||
Desmoceras latidorsatum
(Michelin 1838)
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42 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Beudanticeratidae
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Beudanticeras cf. santaecrucis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Beudanticeras laevigatum
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Beudanticeras sp.
Hitzell 1902
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29 specimens | |||||||||
Beudanticeras convergens
(Jacob 1908)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Beudanticeras beudanti
(Brongniart 1822)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Phylloceratida
- Phylloceratidae
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Phylloceras subalpinum
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13 specimens | |||||||||
Phylloceras sp.
Suess 1865
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Phylloceras velledae
(Michelin 1834)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae | ||||||||||
Hyporbulites sp.
Breistroffer 1947
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
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Nautiloidea indet.
Agassiz 1847
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpulidae indet.
Rafinesque 1835
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specimens | |||||||||
unclassified
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Brachiopoda indet.
Cuvier 1805
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Kingenidae
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Kingena lemaniensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Cyclothyrididae
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Cyclothyris deluci
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12 specimens | |||||||||
unclassified
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Gastrochaenolites sp.
Leymerie 1842
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Chondrites sp.
von Sternberg 1833
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | France |
Coordinates: | 46.0° North, 6.6° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 34.6° North, 10.3° East |
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Altitude: | 1270 meters |
Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian | ||
Age range of interval: | 113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Grès verts helvétiques | Member: | Bostan | ||
Local section: | Sommier d'Aval | Local bed: | Romme and Bella Cha | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Less than 1 meter. The poor conditions of the outcroup forgives precise collecting and the fossils from the Romme and Bella Cha horizons can't be differentiated. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | bioturbation,condensed,phosphatic poorly lithified calcareous sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | poorly lithified sandy "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,cast |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 58861 | ||
Authorizer: | L. Villier | Enterer: | L. Villier |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-02-27 07:48:24 | Last modified: | 2009-05-26 12:50:31 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-02-27 07:48:24 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
15196. | 1% | M. Delamette, J. Charollais, D. Decrouez and M. Caron. 1997. Les grès verts helvétiques (Aptien moyen-Albien supérieur) de Haute-Savoie, Valais et Vaud (Alpes occidentales franco-suisses). Publications du Département de Géologie et Paléontologie. Section des Sciences de la Terre 23:1-400 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Uhen] |