Calcaires de Fiz, Cheville, massif de Morcles, Valais (Cretaceous of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (46.3° N, 7.2° E: paleocoordinates 30.4° N, 10.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Calcaires de Fiz Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, glauconitic, phosphatic, sandy mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with calcite, replaced with phosphate

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 58114: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 22.01.2006

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Cunningtoniceras inerme Pervinquière 1907 ammonite
Echinoidea
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae