Kotetishvilia compressissima (d'Orbigny, 1841)

Remarks

• Collector:    Emmanuel Pénagé

• Formation:  Late Early Barremian rocks of France

• Location:     Southeastern France                                               

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• 1841 Ammonites compressissimus d'Orbigny

• 1856 Does not = Ammonites compressissimus d'Orbigny; Karsten

• 1886 Does not = Ammonites compressissimus d'Orbigny; Karsten

• 1887 Does not = Ammonites compressissimus d'Orbigny; Karsten

• 1890 Does not = Pulchellia compressissima d'Orbigny; Nickles

• 1894 Does not = Pulchellia compressissima d'Orbigny; Nickles

• 1888 ? Pulchellia pulchella d'Orbigny; Kilian

• 1897 Does not = Pulchellia compressissima d'Orbigny; Gerhardt

• 1903 Does not = Pulchellia compressissima (d'Orbigny); Hyatt

• 1938 Does not = Puchellia compressissima (d'Orbigny); Roschen

• 1965 Does not = Pulchellia compressissima (d'Orbigny); Breskovski

• 1966 Does not = Pulchellia compressissima (d'Orbigny) Breskovski

• 1967 Does not = Pulchellia compressissima (d'Orbigny); Dimitrova

• 1969 ? Nicklesia pulchella (d'Orbigny); Nagy

• 1974 ? Pulchellia nicklesi Hyatt; Akopian

• 1976 Pulchellia aff. changarnieri Sayn; Avram

• 1980 Does not = Pulchellia compressissima (d'Orbigny); Hyatt

• 1980 Does not = Puchellia compressissima (d'Orbigny); Dimitrova

• 1980 Psilotissotia (Subpulchellia) compressissima (d'Orbigny); Vermeulen

• 1995 ? Subpulchellia nicklesi Hyatt; Avram

• 1995 Subpulchellia compressissima (d'Orbigny); Vermeulen

• 1995 ? Pulchellia (Nicklesia) pulchella d'Orbigny; Cecca, Faraoni, Marini & Pallini

• 1996 Subpulchellia compressissima (d'Orbigny)

• 1997 Kotetishvilia compressissima (d'Orbigny); Vermeulen

• 1998 ? Pulchellia compressissima (d'Orbigny); Kvantaliani & Sakhelashvili

• 1998 Kotetishvilia compressissima (d'Orbigny); Vermeulen

• 1999 Kotetishvilia compressissima (d'Orbigny); Vermeulen

• 1999 Kotetishvilia compressissima (d'Orbigny); Avram (in part)

• 2001 Kotetishvilia compressissima (d'Orbigny); Vermeulen

• 2002 Kotetishvilia compressissima (d'Orbigny); Vermeulen

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Early Barremian rocks of France

• Early Barremian rocks of Hungary

• Early Barremian rocks of Italy

• Early Barremian rocks of Spain

Age

• Kotetishvilia compressissima (d'Orbigny) is an age marker in Europe for the late Early Barremian Stage (~121 mya). 

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

• France

• Hungary

• Italy

• Spain

Remarks

         For descriptions and photos, see:

• Vermeulen, J.  1995.  Nouvelle Biozonation du Barrémien Basée sur la Famille de Pulchelliidae (Ammonoidea).  Géologie Alpine 71; plate 1, fig's 14–16.

• Vermeulen, J.  2000.  Les Espèces du Genre Kotetishvilia Vermeulen, 1997 et Leur Évolution.  Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice 15, 112–116; plate 2, fig's 4–7 and 10–13; plate 3, fig's 1–8.

• Vermeulen, J.  1997.  Ammonite Horizons in the Barremian of South-East France (from the Hugii Zone to the Sartousiana Zone).  Géologie Alpine 73; plate 2, fig's 11 and 12.

• Vermeulen, J.  2002.  Étude Stratigraphique et Paléontologique de la Famille des Pulchelliidae (Ammonoidea, Ammonitina, Endemocerataceae).  Géologie Alpine, Mémoire H. S. 42, 123–126; plate 2, fig's 7 and 8; plate 20, fig's 1–12; plate 21, fig's 1–11, and plate 22, fig's 1–7.