Tournadous section, level 91d (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (43.9° N, 3.1° E: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 13.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Schistes Cartons Formation, Falciferum (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• Elegantulum subzone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified lime mudstone

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 161636: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Hildaites levisoni Simpson 1843 ammonite
 Belemnitida - Megateuthididae