Causses (Truc de Balduc section, Cénaret section and Riviere sur Tarn section) (Jurassic of France)
Where: France (44.3° N, 3.3° E: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 14.7° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified marl
• Mid to lower shelf settings. Dark-gray fine-grained sediment point to high rates of sedimentation, high turbidity, intermittently lowered oygen values and soft to soupy substrate conditions.
• Argillaceous-marly sediments. Fossils were collected from marls.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. Berndt. 1998. Das Makrobenthos der Causses (Südfrankreich): Palökologie einer mittel- bis oberliassischen Mergelfolge. [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 51608: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 09.06.2005, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
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"Cryptaulax (Xystrella) armata" = Cryptaulax armatum
"Cryptaulax (Xystrella) armata" = Cryptaulax armatum Goldfuss 1843 snail | |
"Amberleya (Eucyclus) capitanea" = Ambercyclus capitaneus, Amberleya sp., Amberleya (Eucyclus) subimbricata
"Amberleya (Eucyclus) capitanea" = Ambercyclus capitaneus Munster 1844 snail
Amberleya sp. Morris and Lycett 1851 snail
Amberleya (Eucyclus) subimbricata d'Orbigny 1850 snail | |
Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826 snail | |
"Amphitrochus subduplicatus" = Costatrochus subduplicatus
"Amphitrochus subduplicatus" = Costatrochus subduplicatus d'Orbigny 1850 snail | |
Ptychomphalus expansus Sowerby 1821 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Plicatula spinosa Sowerby 1819 scallop | |
"Pseudolimea acuticostata" = Limea acuticostata
"Pseudolimea acuticostata" = Limea acuticostata Münster 1836 file clam | |
Pseudopecten (Pseudopecten) equivalvis Sowerby 1816 scallop | |
Parvamussium pumilum Lamarck 1819 mud scallop | |
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"Pseudomytiloides dubius" = Parainoceramya dubia
"Pseudomytiloides dubius" = Parainoceramya dubia Sowerby 1826 clam | |
"Grammatodon (Grammatodon) concinnus" = Grammatodon concinnus
"Grammatodon (Grammatodon) concinnus" = Grammatodon concinnus Phillips 1829 clam | |
Nicaniella (Nicaniella) voltzi Honighaus 1836 clam | |
Myophorella (Myophorella) sp. Bayle 1878 clam | |
Palaeonucula hammeri Defrance 1825 nut clam | |
"Mesosaccella galatea" = Palaeoneilo galatea
"Mesosaccella galatea" = Palaeoneilo galatea d'Orbigny 1850 clam | |
Nuculana (Rollieria) subovalis, Nuculana zieteni, Nuculana (Ryderia) doris, "Dacryomya lacryma" = Leda lacryma
Nuculana (Rollieria) subovalis pointed nut clam
Nuculana zieteni Brauns 1871 pointed nut clam
Nuculana (Ryderia) doris d'Orbigny 1849 pointed nut clam
"Dacryomya lacryma" = Leda lacryma Sowerby 1824 pointed nut clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Scalpellirhynchia scalpellum Quenstedt 1851 | |
Gibbirhynchia amalthei Quenstedt 1852 | |
Spiriferina sp. d'Orbigny 1847 | |
"Zeilleria (Cincta) numismalis" = Cincta numismalis
"Zeilleria (Cincta) numismalis" = Cincta numismalis Lamarck 1819 | |
Anthozoa | |
Thecocyathus mactrus stony coral |