Tournadous section, level 96-7 (Jurassic of France)

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 161655: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Dactylioceratidae
"Collina zitteli" = Septimaniceras zitteli Oppel 1862 ammonite
Porpoceras spp. ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Hildoceras semipolitum Buckman 1902 ammonite
Hildoceras bifrons Bruguiere 1792 ammonite