Normandy HLC31 (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: unlithified, bioturbated, ferruginous, ooidal, calcareous claystone and lime mudstone

• fe-oolitic calcareous clay with scattered argillaceous micrite concretions

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 Unpublished data.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 5242: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 08.09.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
ctenostome
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Dorsoserpula
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea dilatata oyster
bilobissa
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
Radulopecten fibrosus Sowerby 1816 scallop
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Nubeculinella sp. Cushman 1930