Normandy HLF30 (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; unlithified, burrowed, ferruginous, ooidal, calcareous claystone

• fe-oolitic calcareous clay

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 Unpublished data.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 4916: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 30.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Cycloserpula
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Plagioeciidae
Plagioecia sp. Canu 1918
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Cardioceratidae
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella sp. Chavan 1945 clam
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Deltoideum delta Smith 1817 oyster
Gryphaea dilatata oyster
Bilobissa
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Radulopecten fibrosus Sowerby 1816 scallop
Camptonectes auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta sp. Etallon 1862 scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga inclusa Phillips 1829 mussel
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Nubeculinella sp. Cushman 1930