Xeuilley 56 (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (48.0° N, 6.0° E: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 11.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Arnioceras semicostatum zone, Calcaire a gryphees Formation, Early/Lower Sinemurian (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; poorly lithified marl

Primary reference: M. Hanzo, B. Lathuiliere, Y. Almeras, G. Dagallier, S. Guerin-Franiatte, F. Guillocheau, V. Huault, L. Nori, and R. Rauscher. 2000. Paleoenvironnements dans le Calcaire a gryphees du Lias de Lorraine, de la carriere de Xeuilley au Bassin parisien. Eclogae geologica helvetica 93:183-206 [F. Fursich/A. Tomasovych/A. Tomasovych]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 29320: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Adam Tomasovych on 01.04.2003

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck 1801 oyster