Also known as Argens
Where: Basse-Normandie, France (49.1° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 39.3° N, 10.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Belemnopsis latesulcatus ammonoid zone, Marnes à Belemnopsis latesulcatus Formation, Middle Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)
• lower part of Middle Callovian; about 3 m below level worked by factory; also called the "Marnes d'Argences"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; bioturbated, gray, yellow, blue, argillaceous marl and lenticular, concretionary, shelly/skeletal, gray, yellow, silty wackestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: concretion
Collected by Brun & Friardel in 1955-1956
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: R. Hoffstetter and R. Brun. 1956. Un dinosaurien stégosauriné dans le Callovien du Calvados. 243:1651-1653 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 47422: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 24.02.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Textulariidae indet.1 Ehrenberg 1838 | |
Nodosariata | |
Nodosariidae indet.1 Ehrenberg 1838 | |
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