Normandy HLC12 (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: burrowed, argillaceous wackestone

• argillaceous 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 Unpublished data.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 4926: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 30.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon gregareum
Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma sp.
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Radulopecten fibrosa
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporida -
"Stromatoporida" indet.
"Stromatoporida" indet. Stearn 1980 stromatoporoid sponge
dichotom, informal added by Kiessling
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Nubeculinella sp.
Nubeculinella sp. Cushman 1930