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Fig. 8

From: New paleontological and biostratigraphical data (calcareous nannofossils, ostracods, brachiopods), correlations and lithostratigraphic units in the Urgonian facies (latest Hauterivian-Barremian) of the Swiss and French Jura Mountains: the Falaises Member and the Saars Formation (former “Gorges de l’Orbe Formation”)

Fig. 8

Saars Formation of the Vaud Jura (central Jura Mountains). a Eclépens railway trench section. b Upper La Sarraz-Les Buis quarry section (cf. De Kaenel et al., 2020). c Upper La Russille section. d–f Gorges de l’Orbe section, upper part (d), middle part (e) with ammonite Pseudometahoplites sp. (in red circle Ø 31.5 cm; cf. De Kaenel et al., 2020) and lower part (f) with nautilid Cymatoceras pseudoelegans (d’Orbigny, 1840) located in red circle. Captions: BM: Bôle Member; MM: Montcherand Member; VF: Vallorbe Formation. For the reported discontinuities (F, G) and ostracod assemblages (colored circles 2, 3), see Figs. 10 and 11. The hammer (a, b: red frame) is 31.5 cm long

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