Normandy VIII2 (Jurassic of France)

Where: Normandy, France (49.3° N, 0.1° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 9.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: transversarium zone, Coral Rag de Trouville Formation, Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, burrowed lime mudstone and claystone

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich. 1999. Unpublished data. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4080: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 14.08.1999, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Nubeculinella sp. Cushman 1930
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
Coelostylina sp. Kittl 1894 snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
 Heterostropha - Nerinellidae
Nerinella sp. Sharpe 1849 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
Acesta sp. Adams and Adams 1858 file clam
Limatula elliptica Whiteaves 1861 file clam
"Plagiostoma rigidum" = Lima (Plagiostoma) rigida Sowerby 1815 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Radulopecten fibrosus Sowerby 1816 scallop
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Deltoideum delta Smith 1817 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Isocyprina sp. Röder 1882 clam
Anisocardia sp. Munier-Chalmas 1863 clam
 Cardiida - Sowerbyidae
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
"Terebratula" sp. Müller 1776
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris sp. Leske 1778 pencil urchin
spines