Where: Champagne-Ardenne, France (49.6° N, 4.7° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 34.1° N, 24.5° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Calcaires marneux inferieurs Formation, Late/Upper Bathonian (168.2 - 165.3 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 96193: authorized by Rich Krause, entered by Rich Krause on 19.05.2010
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea hebridica Forbes 1851 oyster
Lopha costata Sowerby 1825 oyster | |
Meleagrinella echinata Smith 1819 scallop | |
Lithophaga fabella, "Modiolus plicatus" = Mytilus (Pharomytilus) plicatus
Lithophaga fabella Eudes-Deslongchamps 1838 mussel
"Modiolus plicatus" = Mytilus (Pharomytilus) plicatus Sowerby 1819 mussel | |
Trigonia pullus Sowerby 1826 clam | |
Anisocardia islipensis Lycett 1863 clam
Anisocardia globosa Bean 1839 clam | |
Eocallista antiopa d'Orbigny 1850 clam | |
Fimbria lajoyei d'Archiac 1843 clam |