ammonites
Berriasian stratotype -beds 191-196 (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (44.4° N, 4.2° E: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 13.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Berriasian (145.5 - 140.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, pyritic, blue wackestone

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: P. Donze and G. Le Hégarat. 1965. Les dépôts de la limite Berriasien-Valanginien dans le stratotype du Berriasien à Berrias (Ardèche) et dans la région avoisinante. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris 260:3707-3709 [L. Villier/L. Villier] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 91168: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 08.09.2009