Mallet Quarry, Montagne de Crussol, bed 195 (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (44.9° N, 4.8° E: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 14.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aspidoceras acanthicum ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 145.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Collections of the members of the Groupe de recherche en Paléontologie et biostratigraphie des Ammonites (G.P.A. - head office at F-04170 La Mure-Argens, France)

Primary reference: C. Baudouin, P. Boselli, and D. Bert. 2011. The Oppeliidae of the Acanthicum Zone (Upper Kimmeridgian) from Mount Crussol (Ardèche, France): ontogeny, variability and dimorphism of the genera Taramelliceras and Streblites (Ammonoidea). Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 30:619-684 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 198559: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.12.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Orthaspidoceras lallierianum d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Streblites weinlandi Oppel 1863 ammonite
Taramelliceras compsum Oppel 1863 ammonite