Tournadous section, level 91e (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)

• Falciferum subzone (top of bed 91e at transition to bed 92)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified, black shale

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 161637: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Dactylioceratidae
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Maconiceras spp. Buckman 1926 ammonite
Harpoceras sp. ammonite
Harpoceras cf. falciferum Sowerby 1820 ammonite
 Belemnitida - Megateuthididae
Acrocoelites subtenuis Simpson 1855 belemnite