Normandy VI2 (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: plicatilis zone, Argiles a Lopha gregarea Formation, Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; shelly/skeletal, calcareous claystone

• calcareous clay with some thin shell layers

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 Unpublished data.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 4857: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 25.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Praecerithium sp.
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Dicroloma trifida
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Mesosaccella sp.
Mesosaccella sp. Chavan 1946 pointed nut clam
[entered as Mesosacella sp.]
 Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella sp.
Nicaniella sp. Chavan 1945 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima sp.
Corbulomima sp. Vokes 1945 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Myophorella sp.
Myophorella sp. Bayle 1878 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Radulopecten varians
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon keyserlingi
Grammatodon keyserlingi clam
Cosmetodon
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp.
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Mecochiridae
Mecochirus sp.
Mecochirus sp. Germar 1827 decapod