Eparcy, Calcaire marno-crayeux superieurs (Jurassic to of France)

Where: Picardie, France (49.9° N, 4.1° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 13.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Calcaires marno-crayeux superieurs Formation, Middle Bathonian to Middle Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified marl and lithified chalk

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: J. -C. Fischer. 1969. Geologie, Paleontologie et Paleoecologie du Bathonien au sud-ouest du Massif Ardennais. Memoires du Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie C, Sciences de la terre 20:1-319 [R. Krause/R. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96159: authorized by Rich Krause, entered by Rich Krause on 19.05.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoma variabilis Sowerby 1824 nut clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
Brachidontes bathonicus Morris and Lycett 1853 mussel
Lithophaga fabella Eudes-Deslongchamps 1838 mussel
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea wiltonensis Lycett 1863 oyster
Lopha costata Sowerby 1825 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra crassa Smith 1819 oyster
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteroperna asinusoides Fischer 1969 pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
"Lopha gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Lopha gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima subcardiiformis Greppin 1867 file clam
Lima bynei Cox and Arkell 1948 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes retiferus Morris and Lycett 1853 scallop
"Chlamys vagans" = Radulopecten vagans Sowerby 1826 scallop
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon hirsonensis d'Archiac 1843 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Myophorella spiculifera Fischer 1969 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Fimbria lajoyei d'Archiac 1843 clam
Cavilucina subgeometrica Fischer 1969 clam
Cavilucina bellona d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Homomya gibbosa Sowerby 1814 clam
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Eocallista antiopa d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia lingulata Lycett 1863 cockle