ammonites

Cerin, bed 70: Kimmeridgian, France
collected by S. Reniaud 1987

Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
Country:France State/province:Ain
Coordinates: 45.8° North, 5.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.7° North, 14.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:774 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Kimmeridgian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Kimmeridgian
Age range of interval:155.7 - 150.8 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:"Lithographic limestones"
Local section:Cerin Local bed:70
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Disassociated major elements:all
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,salvage
Reason for describing collection:taphonomic analysis
Collectors:S. Reniaud Collection dates:1987
Metadata
Database number:92111
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:R. Butler
Research group:ETE,vertebrate
Created:2009-10-30 09:02:24 Last modified:2009-10-30 09:02:24
Access level:the public Released:2009-10-30 09:02:24
Reference information
Primary reference:
31020 E. Buffetaut, P. Bernier, G. Barale, J.-P. Bourseau, C. Gaillard, J.-C. Gall, and Sylvie Wenz. 1990. A new pterosaur bone from the Kimmeridgian lithographic limestones of Cerin (France). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1990:321-328 [R. Butler/R. Butler]