Massif du Haut-Giffre, foraminiferal biostromes (Cretaceous of France)

Also known as Reef 1284

Where: France (46.1° N, 6.8° E: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 16.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• monospecific Bdelloidina biostromes, up to 40 cm thick

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: S. Schulte, E. Davaud, and R. Wernli. 1993. Les bioconstructions a foraminiferes de l'Urgonien du massif du Haut-Giffre (Hte Savoie, France) [Urgonian foraminiferal bioconstructions from the Haut-Giffre Massif (Haute-Savoie, France)]. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 164(5):675-682 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74159: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 26.07.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Bdelloidina sp.