PBDB Collection

Pas de Calais Oolithe de Marquise Retrocostatum Zone megaflora (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (49.9° N, 2.4° E: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 12.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Retrocostatum Zone zone, Middle Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

• Sedimentological character close to that at Mamers; oolitic shoreface with tidally influenced sheltered areas.

• Oolithe de Marquise

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon, original cellulose

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: M. Philippe, F. Thevenard, G. Barale, S. Ferry, and G. Guignard. 1998. Middle Bathonian floras and phytocoenoses of France. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 143:135-158 [C. Looy/F. Verbruggen/F. Verbruggen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31327: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Frederike Verbruggen on 07.05.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Megaflora described by: Zeiller (1912) and Dutertre (1930, 1938, 1939) or Corsin et al.,1962)

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Gymnospermopsida
Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae	Cycadopteris moretiana Cycadopteris moretiana part of megaflora (described by Philippe et al.)
Equisetopsida
Pinidae - Pinidae	Pagiophyllum uncifolium, Brachyphyllum sp., Brachyphyllum cf. mamillare Pagiophyllum uncifolium part of megaflora (described by Zeiller (1912), Dutertre (1930, 1938, 1939) or Corsin et al. (1962)) Brachyphyllum sp. Brongniart 1828 part of megaflora (described by Zeiller (1912), Dutertre (1930, 1938, 1939) or Corsin et al. (1962)) Brachyphyllum cf. mamillare Brongniart 1828 part of megaflora (described by Philippe et al.)
Pinopsida
Pinales - Taxaceae	Protophyllocladus sp. Protophyllocladus sp. Berry 1903 yew part of megaflora (described by Zeiller (1912), Dutertre (1930, 1938, 1939) or Corsin et al. (1962))

Bennettitales -	Otozamites beckei, Zamites sp., Pterophyllum hortensiae Otozamites beckei part of megaflora (described by Zeiller (1912), Dutertre (1930, 1938, 1939) or Corsin et al. (1962)) Zamites sp. Brongniart 1828 part of megaflora (described by Zeiller (1912), Dutertre (1930, 1938, 1939) or Corsin et al. (1962)) Pterophyllum hortensiae part of megaflora (described by Zeiller (1912), Dutertre (1930, 1938, 1939) or Corsin et al. (1962))
Coniferales - Brachyphyllaceae	Brachyoxylon sp. Brachyoxylon sp. Hollick and Jeffrey 1909 part of megaflora (described by Philippe et al.)