Les Theveleys (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (46.3° N, 4.8° E: paleocoordinates 36.8° N, 14.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Enodatum ammonoid zone, Middle Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, muddy limestone

• very fossiliferous marly limestone

Size class: macrofossils

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 169953: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 05.06.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
morphotype A & B
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae
Dorsoplicathyris enayi n. sp. Alméras 1970
Dorsoplicathyris ovalis Alméras 1970
Dorsoplicathyris theveleyensis n. sp. Alméras 1970
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella cf. minuta Buvignier 1843
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Kosmoceratidae
Kepplerites (Gulielmiceras) guielmii ammonite
Kepplerites (Gulielmiceras) guielmii gulielmii
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
"Grossouvria cf. variabilifera" = Choffatia
"Grossouvria cf. variabilifera" = Choffatia ammonite
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae