Normandy HVII3 (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (49.4° N, 0.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 9.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: cautisnigrae zone, Calcaire de Hennequeville Formation, Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, bioturbated, calcareous sandstone and grainstone

• fine sand, top siliceous nodular limestone

Size class: macrofossils

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 Unpublished data.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 4783: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 24.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster
Pteroperna sp. Lycett 1850 pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Myophorella clavellata Parkinson 1811 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Sowerbyidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima sp. Vokes 1945 clam
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia depressa Sowerby 1823 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina rotundata Roemer 1835 clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
Procerithium sp. Cossmann 1902 snail