Where: France (47.9° N, 3.6° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 13.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Deshayesites deshayesi ammonoid zone, Argiles à Plicatules Formation, Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with pyrite
Reposited in the MNHN
Primary reference: S. Bersac and D. Bert. 2015. Two ammonite species under the same name: Revision of Deshayesites deshayesi (d’Orbigny, 1841) based on topotype material (Lower Aptian, Lower Cretaceous, northeast of France). Annales de Paléontologie 101:265-294 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 187104: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.07.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Deshayesites deshayesi d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite |