ammonites
Colombière sandstone, Col de l'Ebat, massif des Bornes, Haute-Savoie (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (46.0° N, 6.3° E: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 16.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Bostan Member (Grès verts helvétiques Formation), Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 112.0 Ma)

• 2 m

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, sandy, cherty/siliceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, 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] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 58936: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 01.03.2006