AL3m-Jura (Cretaceous of France)
Where: France (47.1° N, 6.6° E: paleocoordinates 35.6° N, 10.6° E)
When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• The author describes the Albian as the Gault, which is divided into three faunal assemblages: upper, middle and lower. This is a lower Albian collection
Environment/lithology: gray, yellow sandstone
Primary reference: A. Jaccard. 1869. Jura Vaudois et Neuchatelois. Matériaux pour la carte géologique de la Suisse 6:1-340 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 2168: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 23.06.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes | |
"Odontaspis gracilis" = Lamna gracilis
"Odontaspis gracilis" = Lamna gracilis Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark | |
Gastropoda | |
Helcion conicum limpet | |
"Solarium moniliferum" = Trochus (Solarium)
"Solarium moniliferum" = Trochus (Solarium) top snail | |
Turbo morloti snail | |
Emarginula jaccardi snail | |
Natica favrina moon snail
Natica gaultina moon snail | |
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Calyptraea sanctae-crucis Lamarck 1799 slipper shell originally entered as "Calyptrea sanctae-crucis"
Crepidula gaultina slipper shell | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium rhodani tusk shell | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Nautilus albensis" = Cymatoceras albense
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"Belemnites minimus" = Neohibolites minimus
"Belemnites minimus" = Neohibolites minimus Miller 1826 belemnite | |
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Bivalvia | |
"Trigonia archiaciana" = Oistotrigonia archiaciana, Trigonia aliformis
"Trigonia archiaciana" = Oistotrigonia archiaciana d'Orbigny 1900 clam
Trigonia aliformis clam | |
Cardita constantii, "Cardita dupiniana" = Cardita dupini
Cardita constantii clam
"Cardita dupiniana" = Cardita dupini d'Orbigny 1843 clam | |
Thetis genevensis clam | |
Venus Vibrayeana Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Panopea acutisulcata clam | |
"Pectunculus alternatus" = Glycymeris
"Pectunculus alternatus" = Glycymeris clam | |
Arca glabra ark
Arca carinata ark | |
Nucula pectinata Sowerby 1818 nut clam |