Conteville, Calvados (Jurassic of France)

Where: Basse-Normandie, France (49.4° N, 0.4° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 10.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Procerites progracilis ammonoid zone, Pierre de Caen Member (Calcaires de Caen Formation), Middle Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; burrowed limestone

• "low-energy, subtidal environment"
• "Pierre de Caen is an homogenous, fine-grained biomicrite...the bank in which the bones of the new theropod were collected is intersected by siliceous peg-like structures...interpreted as roots of mangrove trees and burrows."

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: trace

Collection methods: quarrying, chemical, mechanical,

Primary reference: R. Allain. 2002. Discovery of megalosaur (Dinosauria, Theropoda) in the Middle Bathonian of Normandy (France) and its implications for the phylogeny of basal Tetanurae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):548-563 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28444: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 13.02.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Plantae indet.
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
Actinopteri
 Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
Leptolepis sp.
Leptolepis sp. Agassiz 1832
Reptilia
 Theropoda - Megalosauridae
"? Poekilopleuron valesdunensis n. sp." = Dubreuillosaurus valesdunensis
"? Poekilopleuron valesdunensis n. sp." = Dubreuillosaurus valesdunensis Allain 2002 tetanuran theropod
Chondrichthyes
 Synechodontiformes - Paraorthacodontidae
Paraorthacodus sp.
Paraorthacodus sp. Glikman 1957 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
Polyacrodus sp.
Polyacrodus sp. Jaekel 1889 elasmobranch
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula gibbosa
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella acuta
Gervillella acuta Sowerby 1826 oyster
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pyrgotrochus sp.
Pyrgotrochus sp. Fischer 1885 snail
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae
Belemnopsis fusiformis
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Oxycerites sp.
Oxycerites sp. Rollier 1909 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Procerites sp., "Procerites progracilis" = Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) progracilis
Procerites sp. Siemiradzki 1898 ammonite
"Procerites progracilis" = Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) progracilis Cox and Arkell 1950 ammonite
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Rugitela cadomensis
Rugitela cadomensis Deslongchamps 1867
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Cererithyris intermedia
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Kallirhynchia concinna