Where: France (46.4° N, 0.1° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 10.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Antecedens ammonoid zone, Theoi Marls Formation, Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, concretionary, muddy mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: cast, original aragonite, replaced with calcite
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: P. Quereilhac and Y. Guinot. 2011. Les "Marnes à theoi" de Pamproux (Deux-Sèvres, France), Sous-Zone à Antecedens (Oxfordien moyen, Zone à Plicatilis): diversité des faunes et découverte de nouvelles espèces d'ammonites [The "Theoi Marls" of Pamproux (Deux-Sèvres department, France), Antecedens Sub-zone (Middle Oxfordian, Plicatilis Zone): faunal diversity and discovery of new ammonite species]. Carnets de géologie (Notebook on Geology) CG2011_M01:31-61 [D. Gendry/D. Gendry/D. Gendry]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 163585: authorized by Damien Gendry, entered by Damien Gendry on 05.11.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Plegiocidaris crucifera Agassiz 1840 pencil urchin | |
Romanocidaris laeviuscula Agassiz 1840 pencil urchin
Polycidaris spinosa Agassiz 1840 pencil urchin | |
"Dickesicidaris copeoides" = Rhabdocidaris copeoides
"Dickesicidaris copeoides" = Rhabdocidaris copeoides Agassiz and Desor 1847 pencil urchin | |
Girardema bipunctatum Desor 1857 sea urchin | |
Disaster granulosus Goldfuss 1827 sea urchin | |
Crinoidea | |
Balanocrinus subteres Munster 1831 Sea lily | |
Tetracrinus moniliformis Muenster 1826 Sea lily | |
"Eugeniacrinus caryophyllatus" = Lonchocrinus dumortieri
"Eugeniacrinus caryophyllatus" = Lonchocrinus dumortieri de Loriol 1882 Sea lily | |
"Eugeniacrinus moussoni" = Pilocrinus moussoni
"Eugeniacrinus moussoni" = Pilocrinus moussoni Desor 1845 Sea lily | |
"Antedon aspera" = Trichometra cubensis
"Antedon aspera" = Trichometra cubensis Pourtales 1869 Feather star | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Monticlarella triloboides Quenstedt 1858
Monticlarella strioplicata Quenstedt 1852
Monticlarella striocincta Quenstedt 1852 | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Laevaptychus sp. Trauth 1927 ammonoid aptychus | |
Lissoceras erato ammonite | |
Trimarginites trimarginatus, Neoprionoceras henrici, Ochetoceras ("Cubaochetoceras") "sp. A", Ochetoceras ("Cubaochetoceras") "sp. B", Ochetoceras ("Cubaochetoceras") "sp. C", Ochetoceras ("Cubaochetoceras") "sp. D", Ochetoceras ("Cubaochetoceras") "sp. E", Ochetoceras ("Cubaochetoceras") "sp. F", Ochetoceras ("Cubaochetoceras") "sp. G", Ochetoceras ("Cubaochetoceras") "sp. H", "Glochiceras" ("Glochiceras") pamprouxense n. sp., "Glochiceras" ("Glochiceras") vainae n. sp., "Glochiceras" ("Glochiceras") hyacinthum, "Glochiceras" ("Coryceras") cornutum, Taramelliceras (Proscaphites) barkati n. sp., Taramelliceras theoi n. sp.
Trimarginites trimarginatus Oppel 1857 ammonite
Neoprionoceras henrici d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite
"Glochiceras" ("Glochiceras") pamprouxense n. sp. ammonite
"Glochiceras" ("Glochiceras") vainae n. sp. ammonite
"Glochiceras" ("Coryceras") cornutum Ziegler 1958 ammonite
Taramelliceras (Proscaphites) barkati n. sp. Quereilhac and Guinot 2011 ammonite
Taramelliceras theoi n. sp. Quereilhac and Guinot 2011 ammonite | |
Mirosphinctes sp. ammonite | |
Gregoryceras riazi ammonite
Euaspidoceras sp. Spath 1931 ammonite | |
Cardioceras (Maltoniceras) schellwieni Boden 1911 ammonite
Cardioceras (Miticardioceras) tenuiserratum Oppel 1863 ammonite | |
Protophites sp. ammonite | |
Lamellaptychus sp. Trauth 1927 ammonoid aptychus | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Nucula electra nut clam | |
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop | |
Malacostraca | |
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod | |
Insecta | |
Neuropora spinosa spongillafly | |
Anthozoa | |
aff. Trochocyathus sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Microsmilia ? sp. Koby 1888 stony coral | |
Eucosmus | |
Eucosmus decoratus Agassiz 1847 |