Moulin de Charix (Jurassic of France)

Where: Rhône-Alpes, France (46.2° N, 5.7° E: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 14.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Prapont Formation), Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Gourrat, J. P. Masse, and P. W. Skelton. 2003. Hypelasma salevensis (Favre, 1913) from the Upper Kimmeridgian of the French Jura, and the origin of the rudist family Requieniidae. Geologica Croatica 56(2):139-148 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 98531: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Requieniidae
Hypelasma salevensis Favre 1913 rudist
 Hippuritida - Epidiceratidae