Hettangian, Gammal, Saint-Ambroix, France: Early/Lower Hettangian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Astrocoenia sinemuriensis
    = Chondrocoenia reptans Duncan 1867
Kiessling 2014
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Thecosmilia major
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oppelismiliidae
Montlivaultia haimei
    = Haimeicyclus haimei Chapuis and Dewalque 1853
Kiessling 2008
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Ellipsosmiliidae
Thecosmilia martini Fromentel 1860
    = Duncanosmilia moorei Beauvais 1976
Beauvais 1976
Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Isocrinus angulatus
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Miocidaridae
Miocidaris lorioli
Echinoidea - Pedinoida - Pedinidae
Diademopsis micropora
Diademopsis aequituberculata
Diademopsis jauberti
Diademopsis microtuberculata
Diademopsis ucelensis
Diademopsis serialis (Agassiz 1838)
Palaeopedina minima
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula sp. Müller 1776
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeilleria perforata (Piette 1856)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Rhynchonella plicatissima (Quenstedt 1852)
recombined as Calcirhynchia plicatissima
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Galeolaria solitaria
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula quinquesulcata
Serpula trigona
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Perna ? infraliasica
Modiola lusitanica
corrected as Modiolus
Modiola stoppanii
corrected as Modiolus
Modiola dalmasi
corrected as Modiolus
Modiola simoni
corrected as Modiolus
Modiola nitidula
corrected as Modiolus
Modiola producta
corrected as Modiolus
Modiola hoffmanni
corrected as Modiolus
Modiola rustica
corrected as Modiolus
Modiola liasina
corrected as Modiolus
Modiola mingaudi n. sp.
corrected as Modiolus
Modiola romani n. sp.
corrected as Modiolus
Modiola jolyi
corrected as Modiolus
Modiola gammalensis n. sp.
corrected as Modiolus
Modiola hillana Sowerby 1818
recombined as Modiolus (Cyranus) hillanus
Bivalvia - Pterioida - Prospondylidea
Terquemia ? multicostata
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon hettangiense
Parallelodon elongatum Sowerby 1825
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alectryonia rhodani
spelled with current rank as Ostrea (Alectryonia)
Alectryonia tinieri
spelled with current rank as Ostrea (Alectryonia)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Liogryphaea dumortieri
synonym of Gryphaea
Liogryphaea primordialis n. sp.
synonym of Gryphaea
Liostrea hisingeri
Liostrea gammalensis n. sp.
Liostrea anomala
Liostrea ? chillyensis
Liostrea irregularis
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904
Exogyra sp. Say 1820
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna semistriata
Pinna fissa
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervilleia crumenilla
    = Gervillia crumenilla
Vokes 1980
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae
Dimyopsis emmerichi
synonym of Atreta
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys valoniensis (Defrance 1825)
recombined as Praechlamys valoniensis
Amussium securis
corrected as Amusium
Chlamys thiollierei
Chlamys dispar
Chlamys cossmanni n. sp.
Chlamys hehli
Chlamys pollux
Chlamys euthymei
Chlamys aff. falgeri
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula oceani
Plicatula deslomgchampsi
Plicatula hettangiensis Terquem 1857
Harpax spinosus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima vendaeensis
Lima pectinoides
Lima ? eryx
Lima dupla
Plagiostoma valoniense
Plagiostoma compressum
Plagiostoma aff. fischeri
Plagiostoma aequilaterale
Ctenostreon tuberculatum
Lima hettangiensis Terquem 1855
recombined as Pseudolimea hettangiensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium jamoignense
Bivalvia - Carditida - Cardiniidae
Cardinia aff. desoudini
Cardinia acuminata
Cardinia ? trapezium
Cardinia sp. Agassiz 1841
Cardinia aff. collenoti
Cardinia eveni
Cardinia similis Agassiz 1845
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte chartroni
Astarte consobrina Chapuis and Dewalque 1853
Astarte repelini n. sp. de Brun and Vedel 1919
synonym of Astarte consobrina
Astarte ? heberti Terquem and Piette 1865
synonym of Astarte consobrina
Opis sp. Defrance 1824
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina ? arenacea
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya striatula
original and current combination Myacites (Pleuromya)
Pleuromya sp. (Meek 1873)
original and current combination Myacites (Pleuromya)
Pleuromya galathea Agassiz 1842
Pleuromya aff. alduini (Brongniart 1821)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
? Corbula terquemi
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium choffati
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Tancredia ovata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Trapezidae
? Trapezium sp. Mühlfeld 1811
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Isocyprina aff. seebachi
Isocyprina aff. percrassa
Isocyprina porrecta
? Plesiocyprina caryota
? Plesiocyprina breoni
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Isocardia sp. Lamarck 1799
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
? Saxicava breoni
synonym of Hiatella
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae
Cercomya sp. Agassiz 1843
[entered as Ceromya sp.]
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Lyonsiidae
? Lyonsia socialis
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya glabra
Pholadomya woodwardi
Pholadomya avellana
Pholadomya aff. foliacea
Arcomya sp. Agassiz 1838
Goniomya gammalensis
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Isoarcidae
? Lucina ? circularis (Stoppani 1857)
original and current combination Isoarca circularis
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Schlotheimiidae
Schlotheimia ventricosa
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Psiloceratidae
Psiloceras johnstoni (Sowerby 1824)
Psiloceras circacostatum
Psiloceras rahana
Psiloceras planorbis (Sowerby 1824)
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Eucyclus sp. Eudes-Deslongchamps 1860
Gastropoda - Ptychomphalidae
Ptychomphalus aff. jamoignacus
Pleurotomaria rotellaeformis Dunker 1847
recombined as Ptychomphalus rotellaeformis
Pleurotomaria caepa Deslongchamps 1848
recombined as Ptychomphalus caepa
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria aff. planula
Pleurotomaria aff. metzertensis
Pleurotomaria aff. basilica
Pleurotomaria aff. trocheata
Pleurotomaria aff. cognata Chapuis and Dewalque 1853
Pleurotomaria aff. anglica (Sowerby 1818)
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo ? sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Trochidae
? Solarium sp.
spelled with current rank as Trochus (Solarium)
Calliostoma aff. sinistrorsum
Calliostoma deshayesi
Gastropoda - Phasianellidae
? Phasianella aff. cerithiformis
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
Promathildia humberti
Promathildia sp. Andreae 1887
Promathildia aff. semele
Gastropoda - Coelostylinidae
Caelostylina sp.
    = Coelostylina sp. Kittl 1894
de Brun and Vedel 1919
Gastropoda - Purpurinidae
Tretospira carinata (Deshayes 1855)
Tretospira angulata (Deshayes 1855)
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Alaria aff. dubia
synonym of Dicroloma
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania ? clathrata
Pseudomelania sp. Pictet and Campiche 1862
Bourguetia deshayesea (Terquem 1855)
unclassified
Fucoides strictus Agardh and Brongniart 1822
recombined as Rhodomelites strictus
Astraeidae
Montlivaultia sinemuriensis
original and current combination Montlivaltia
Montlivaultia ? dewalquei
original and current combination Montlivaltia
Montlivaultia sp. (Lamouroux 1821)
original and current combination Montlivaltia
unclassified
Chartronia aff. digoniata Ferrari 2011
see common names

Geography
Country:France County:Saint-Ambroix
Coordinates: 44.3° North, 4.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.5° North, 9.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Altitude:154 meters
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Hettangian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 1
Key time interval:Early/Lower Hettangian
Age range of interval:201.40000 - 199.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified calcareous marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: About 17 meters of marls and marly limestones
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:39215
Authorizer:L. Villier, W. Kiessling, A. Miller Enterer:L. Villier, A. Hendy, W. Kiessling
Modifier:L. Villier Research group:marine invertebrate
Collections that are a subset of this one:39378, 39379, 39380, 39381, 39382, 39383, 39384
Created:2004-05-24 03:39:17 Last modified:2004-05-25 05:25:37
Access level:the public Released:2004-05-24 03:39:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10588. P. de Brun and L. Vedel. 1919. Etude géologique et paléontologique des environs de St-Ambroix (Gard). Première partie (Houiller, Trias, Infralias). Imprimerie Générale, Nimes 1-220 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]

Secondary references:

11881 L. Beauvais. 1976. Révision des Madréporaires liasiques décrits par Duncan (1867). Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France, Nouvelle Série 126:43-81 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/W. Kiessling]
26431 W. Kiessling. 2008. New opinions on coral taxonomy. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]
52446 W. Kiessling. 2014. Taxonomic revisions of scleractinian corals. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]
7411 H. E. Vokes. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]