Signy-L'Abbaye (Jurassic of France)

Where: Champagne-Ardenne, France (49.7° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 14.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Calcaires marneux inferieurs Formation, Late/Upper Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified marl

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 96182: authorized by Rich Krause, entered by Rich Krause on 19.05.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus tumidus Morris and Lycett 1853 mussel
Lithophaga fabella Eudes-Deslongchamps 1838 mussel
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea wiltonensis Lycett 1863 oyster
Ostrea hebridica Forbes 1851 oyster
Ostrea ancliffensis Cox and Arkell 1948 oyster
Lopha costata Sowerby 1825 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea duplicata Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Meleagrinella echinata Smith 1819 scallop
Oxytoma costatum Townsend 1813 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys rushdenensis Lycett 1863 scallop
"Chlamys vagans" = Radulopecten vagans Sowerby 1826 scallop
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia pullus Sowerby 1826 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Fimbria lajoyei d'Archiac 1843 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Homomya gibbosa Sowerby 1814 clam
Pholadomya lirata Sowerby 1818 clam
Pholadomya ovalis Sowerby 1819 clam
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia curtansata Morris and Lycett 1855 clam
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya striata Sowerby 1815 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Anisocardia globosa Bean 1839 clam
Anisocardia beaumonti d'Archiac 1843 clam