Bussieres, SE Mont Sard (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (45.9° N, 4.3° E: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 14.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Strenoceras niortense ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Bajocian (171.6 - 167.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone

• crinoidal limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with silica

Collection methods: Repository: Département des Sciences de la Terre de la Faculté des Sciences

Primary reference: Y. Alméras. 1970. Les terebratulidae du Dogger dans le Mâconnais, le mont d'Or lyonnais et le Jura méridional: Étude systématique et biostratigraphique. Rapports avec la paléoécologie. Documents des Laboratories de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon 39(2):1-690 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 168085: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 15.04.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Crinoids also present
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Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae
Morrisithyris latifrons, Morrisithyris phillipsi, Monsardithyris ventricosa
Morrisithyris latifrons Bayle 1878
Morrisithyris latifrons sublatifrons