Where: France (43.9° N, 3.1° E: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 14.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Marnes de Fontaneilles Formation, Bifrons (182.0 - 175.6 Ma)
• Bifrons subzone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified marl
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 161652: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Acrocoelites spp. belemnite
Acrocoelites levidensis Simpson 1855 belemnite | |
Phymatoceras robustum Hyatt 1867 ammonite
Phymatoceras narbonense Buckman 1898 ammonite | |
Hildoceras bifrons Bruguiere 1792 ammonite
Harpoceras spp. ammonite | |
Porpoceras vorticellum Simpson 1855 ammonite |