Where: France (46.1° N, 6.8° E: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 16.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bostan Member (Grès verts helvétiques Formation), Early/Lower Aptian to Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 113.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, phosphatic, sandy limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with calcite, replaced with silica

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56420: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 18.11.2005

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