AL3c-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 upper, middle and lower intervals. This is a lower Albian colllection.

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 2235: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Zack Krug on 28.06.1999, edited by Karen Layou

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Solarium hugianum" = Trochus (Solarium)
"Solarium hugianum" = Trochus (Solarium) top snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica favrina moon snail
Natica gaultina moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae
"Belemnites minimus" = Neohibolites minimus
"Belemnites minimus" = Neohibolites minimus Miller 1826 belemnite
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea mammillatus ammonite
originally entered as "Ammonites mammillatus"
Ammonoidea regularis ammonite
originally entered as "Ammonites regularis"
Ammonoidea tardefurcatus ammonite
originally entered as "Ammonites tardefurcatus"
Ammonoidea interruptus ammonite
originally entered as "Ammonites interruptus"
Ammonoidea milletianus ammonite
originally entered as "Ammonites milletianus"
Ammonoidea subalpinus ammonite
originally entered as "Ammonites subalpinus"
Ammonoidea beudanti ammonite
originally entered as "Ammonites beudanti"
Ammonoidea parandieri ammonite
originally entered as "Ammonites parandieri"
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita constantii, "Cardita dupiniana" = Cardita dupini
"Cardita dupiniana" = Cardita dupini d'Orbigny 1843 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus vibrayeana venus clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula pectinata Sowerby 1818 nut clam
Nucula ovata Phillips 1841 nut clam