ammonites
Sault biostrome, Massif de Vaucluse (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France (44.1° N, 5.4° E: paleocoordinates 33.8° N, 15.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Aptian (125.5 - 122.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• lense-like biostrome

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: E. Morycowa and J. P. Masse. 1998. Les scléractiniaires du Barrémien-Aptien inférieur de Provence (SE de la France) [The Barremian-Early Aptian Scleractinia from Provence (SE France)]. Géobios 31(6):725-766 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/J. Alroy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64075: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.08.2006