Octeville (Cretaceous of France)

Also known as Octeville, France

Where: Normandy, France (49.6° N, 0.1° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 1.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Neostlingoceras carcitanense ammonoid zone, Saint Jouin Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: J. Hardenbol, M. Caron, F. Amedro, C. Dupuis and F. Robaszynski. 1993. The Cenomanian-Turonian boundary in central Tunisia in the context of a sequence-stratigraphic interpretation. Cretaceous Research 14(4/5):449-454 [C. Marshall/S. Low]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4033: authorized by Charles Marshall, entered by Sofy Low on 13.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• After Juignet & Kennedy (1976).
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Turrilitidae
Hypoturrilites gravesianus d'Orbigny 1842 ammonite
"Hypoturrilites carcitanensis" = Neostlingoceras carcitanensis Matheron 1842 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hoplitidae
Hyphoplites curvatus Mantell 1822 ammonite
Hyphoplites campichei Spath 1925 ammonite
Hyphoplites falcatus Mantell 1822 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Schloenbachiidae
Schloenbachia varians Sowerby 1817 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Mantelliceras cantianum Spath 1926 ammonite
Mantelliceras tuberculatum Mantell 1822 ammonite
Mantelliceras mantelli Sowerby 1814 ammonite
Sharpeiceras laticlavium Sharpe 1855 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Forbesiceratidae
Forbesiceras largilliertianum d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite