Where: Rhone, France (45.9° N, 4.7° E: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 15.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Leioceras opalinum ammonoid zone, Early/Lower Aalenian (175.6 - 171.6 Ma)

• The early Aalenian sequence (bifrons zone to variabilis zone)

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal, yellow, sandy limestone and red, yellow, calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1983-2013

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Following 30 years of collection (in 2013), including excavations undertaken

•in 2009 and 2010 in the southern part of the quarry allowed new detailed observations and sampling of the Toarcian to lowermost Aalenian sequence, including the lower Toarcian interval, which is otherwise poorly represented in the quarry (Rulleau, 1997).

•Musee des Amis de la Mine in Saint-Pierre La Palud, Rhone department, France (MAMSPLP).

•Espace Pierres Folles in Saint-Jean-des-Vignes, Beaujolais, France (PF)

Primary reference: P. Vincent, J. E. Martin, V. Fischer, G. Suan, B. Khalloufi, B. Suchéras-Marx, A. Léna, K. Janneau, B. Rouselle and L. Rulleau. 2013. Marine vertebrate remains from the Toarcian–Aalenian succession of southern Beaujolais, Rhône, France. Geological Magazine [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140481: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 11.03.2013, edited by Matthew Clapham

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