The biostratigraphic distribution of orbitolinids for the Barremian SE France proposed hereafter is calibrated on ammonite biozonation. This work based study eleven sections with associated to macrofossils (ammonites and/or echinids) significant in terms biostratigraphy or overlain levels bearing above macrofossils.

A complete ichthyosaur rostrum, with 124 associated teeth, was recently discovered in Laux-Montaux locality, department of Drôme, southeastern France. The associated belemnites and ammonites indicate a late Valanginian age (Neocomites peregrinus Zone, Olcostephanus nicklesi Subzone) for this fossil, which consequently represents the first diagnostic ichthyosaur ever reported from Valanginian st...

Species of Nannirhynchia Buckman, 1918 are particularly abundant in the stratigraphic record of Early Jurassic age outcropping in the Lusitanian Basin, where they represent important biostratigraphic tools, especially where ammonites are missing or are not well preserved. An attempt of a correlation scheme of ammonite and brachiopod zones from the Mediterranean and the northern European provinc...

ammonites Shelled group of invertebrates related to octopus, squid, and nautilus. amniota Taxon of vertebrates including mammals and reptiles (including birds). archaic ungulates (or condylarths) Extinct group or grade of mammals possibly giving rise to hoofed mammals. chondrichthyeans Sharks and their relatives. ectotherm Animals that produce their heat from external sources such as the Sun. e...

Trackways and tracemakers preserved together in the fossil record are rare. However, the co-occurrence of a drag mark, together with the dead animal that produced it, is exceptional. Here, we describe an 8.5 m long ammonite drag mark complete with the preserved ammonite shell (Subplanites rueppellianus) at its end. Previously recorded examples preserve ammonites with drag marks of < 1 m. The sp...