Fouras Peninsula (Unit B2ms sandstone with molluscs): Early/Lower Cenomanian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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"Ostrea" daubrei
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Poitou-Charentes | County: | Charentes-Maritime |
| Coordinates: | 46.0° North, 1.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.8° North, 1.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Cenomanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "thin lens of sansdstone" [sic] below "glauconitic sandy clays" | |
| Environment: | estuary/bay |
| Geology comments: "very shallow environment, in a coastal estuarine context" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 65423 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-09-21 18:28:32 | Last modified: | 2006-09-21 21:50:26 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-09-21 18:28:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18858. | D. Néraudeau, R. Allain, V. Perrichot, B. Videt, F. Lapparent Broin, F. Guillocheau, M. Philippe, J.-C. Rage, and R. Vullo. 2003. Découverte d'un dépôt paralique à bois fossiles, ambre insectifère et restes d'Iguanodontidae (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) dans le Cénomanien inférieur de Fouras (Charente-Maritime, Sud-Ouest de la France). Comptes Rendus Palevol 2:221-230 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/L. Villier] |