Fresville [Calcaire á Baculites]: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Placenticeratidae
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Hoplitoplacenticeras lasfresnayanum
(d'Orbigny 1841)
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| recombined as Hoplitoplacenticeras (Lemfoerdiceras) lafresnayanus | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Pachydiscidae
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Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) sp.
Zittel 1884
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Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) jacquoti
(Seunes 1890)
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Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) gollevillensis
(d'Orbigny 1847)
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| recombined as Pachydiscus gollevillensis | ||||||||||
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Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) mokitibense
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Anapachydiscus fresvillensis
(Seunes 1890)
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| recombined as Menuites fresvillensis | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Scaphitidae
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Acanthoscaphites verneuilianus
(d'Orbigny 1841)
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Hoploscaphites sp.
Nowak 1911
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Hoploscaphites constrictus
(Sowerby 1817)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Diplomoceratidae
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Diplomoceras cylindraceum
(Defrance 1816)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Baculites vertebralis
Lamarck 1801
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Baculites anceps
Lamarck 1822
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Fresvillia constricta
Kennedy 1986
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Geography
| Country: | France |
| Coordinates: | 49.4° North, 1.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.2° North, 1.7° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Craie de Valognes | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Calcaire á Baculites, or Craie de Valognes, which rests unconformably on Precambrian to Cenomanian rocks. AGE: Late Maastrichtian, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Probably from several beds within local section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Bioclastic limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, carbonate setting. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: BMNH, London; EMP (École des Mines Collections, Université Claude-Bernard, Lyons); FSM (Faculté des Sciences, Le Mans); FSR (Faculté des Sciences, Rennes). | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for ammonoidea. Belemnoidea present, but not listed, and other groups are not discussed in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 83648 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-08-25 10:16:32 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-08-25 10:16:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28056. | W. J. Kennedy. 1986. The ammonites fauna of the Calcaire á Baculites (Upper Maastrichtian) of the Cotentin Peninsula (Manche, France). Palaeontology 29(1):25-83 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |