Subtorcapella defayi Vermeulen, 2002

Remarks

• Collector:    Emmanuel Pénagé

• Formation:  Late Early Barremian rocks of France (Section #062)

• Location:     Vallon de Saint Martin, Escragnolles, Alpes Maritimes (06), southeastern France

• Subtorcapella differs from Barremites in having numerous sinuous ribs appearing on the edges of the flanks.

General Info

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Early Barremian rocks of France

• Early Barremian rocks of Southern Spain

Age

• Subtorcapella defayi Vermeulen occurs in the Kotetishvilia compressissima zone, Lower Barremian Stage (~121 mya).

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

• France

• Southern Spain

Remarks

         Vermeulen photographed the holotype, yet did not provide an accompanying description:

• Vermeulen, J.  2002.  Étude Stratigraphique et Paléontologique de la Famille des Pulchelliidae (Ammonoidea, Ammonitina, Endemocerataceae).  Géologie Alpine, Mémoire H. S. 42; plate 56, fig 2.