Normandy HLF7 (Jurassic of France)

Where: 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: cordatum zone, Calcaire a oolithes ferrugineuses Formation, Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, burrowed, ferruginous, gray, argillaceous, calcareous claystone

• grey argillaceous calcareous clay with scattered fe-flakes

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 Unpublished data.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 4909: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 29.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Cycloserpula
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Dorsoserpula
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea dilatata oyster
Bilobissa
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Homomya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Myophorella sp. Bayle 1878 clam
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Cardioceratidae
Cardioceras aff. quadrarium ammonite
Vertebriceras
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Nubeculinella sp. Cushman 1930