“…Detailed sedimentologic, macrofaunal, microfossil, and stable-isotopic studies have been published on the Col de Pré-Guittard section in southeast France to determine its suitability for placing the GSSP for the base of the Albian Stage (e.g., Bréhéret and others, 1986;Bralower and others, 1993;Hart and others, 1996;Bréhéret, 1997;Kennedy and others, 2000;Hancock, 2001;Herrle and Mutterlose, 2003;Herrle and others, 2004). The location information, lithologic succession, and biostratigraphy were summarized by Kennedy and others (2000).…”