Area between Sedan and Nouvion (Jurassic of France)

Where: Ardennes, France (49.7° N, 4.9° E: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 12.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Spinatum (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• Sandstones with Amauroceras ferrugineum

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Collected by R. Klair, E. Georges

• Repository: l’Association Paléontologique et Minéralogique des Ardennes (APMA-Sedan)

Primary reference: D. Delsate. 2001. L'ichthyofaune du Pliensbachian (Jurassique Inférieur) de Lorraine et des Ardennes (France): premiers résultats. Bulletin de l'Académie Lorraine des Sciences 40:47-69 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 149428: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.08.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Synechodontiformes - Paraorthacodontidae
Paraorthacodus arduennae Delsate 2001 elasmobranch
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Hexanchidae indet. Gray 1851 cow shark
Actinopteri
 Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
Osteichthyes
 Ionoscopiformes - Furidae
"cf. Eugnathidae indet." = Furidae
"cf. Eugnathidae indet." = Furidae Jordan 1923 ray-finned fish