Tournadous section, level 85 (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (43.9° N, 3.1° E: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 13.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Marnes de Villeneuve Formation, Margaritatus (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• Gibbosus subzone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified marl

• Dark marls

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: All studied belemnites are housed at the National Museum of Natural History, Luxembourg (MNHNL). Collected ammonites are housed at the University of Burgundy, France (UBGD, coll. Neige and Pinard).

Primary reference: J. D. Pinard, R. Weis, P. Neige, N. Mariotti, and A. Di Cencio. 2014. Belemnites from the Upper Pliensbachian and the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) of Tournadous (Causses, France). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 273:155-177 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161631: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Arietitidae
Arieticeras sp.
Arieticeras sp. Quenstedt 1882 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Arieticeras ex gr. algovianum
Arieticeras ex gr. algovianum Oppel 1862 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Liparoceratidae
Amaltheus sp., Amaltheus gibbosus, Amaltheus margaritatus, Amauroceras sp.
Amaltheus sp. de Montfort 1808 ammonite
Amaltheus gibbosus Schlotheim 1820 ammonite
Amaltheus margaritatus de Montford 1808 ammonite
Amauroceras sp. Buckman 1913 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras sp.
Phylloceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite
 Belemnitida - Passaloteuthididae
Pseudohastites sp., Passaloteuthis spp., Passaloteuthis laevigata, Passaloteuthis bruguieriana, Parapassaloteuthis sp., Parapassaloteuthis cf. polita
Passaloteuthis laevigata Zieten 1831 belemnite
Passaloteuthis bruguieriana d'Orbigny 1842 belemnite
Parapassaloteuthis cf. polita Simpson 1866 belemnite
 Belemnitida - Hastitidae
Pleurobelus compressus, Pleurobelus aff. compressus, Pleurobelus subirregularis, Pleurobelus lagenaeformis
Pleurobelus compressus Stahl 1824 belemnite
Pleurobelus aff. compressus Stahl 1824 belemnite
Pleurobelus subirregularis Lissajous 1927 belemnite
Pleurobelus lagenaeformis Hartmann 1832 belemnite