Ammonoids, ferruginous crust, northern Tournus Area (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (46.7° N, 4.9° E: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 14.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Croûte ferrugineuse Formation, Middle Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• Jason zone, Enodatum subzone

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, hardground, ferruginous, shelly/skeletal limestone

• 5-10 cm

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Cariou, S. Elmi, C. Mangold, J. Thierry, and H. Tintant. 1971. La succession des faunes dans le Callovien Francais, essais de corrélation à l'échelle de la zone. Mémoires du B.R.G.M. 75:665-692 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 60554: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 17.05.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Macrocephalitidae
Kamptokephalites sp., Pleurocephalites sp., Macrocephalites macrocephalus, Dolikephalites subcompressus, Dolikephalites typicus, Dolikephalites gracilis, Dolikephalites sp.
Macrocephalites macrocephalus Schlotheim 1813 ammonite
Dolikephalites sp. Buckman 1923 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Kosmoceratidae
Kosmoceras planicerclus, Zugokosmoceras enodatum, Gowericeras evolutum
 Ammonitida - Reineckeiidae
Reineckeites stuebeli, Reineckeia freii, Reineckeia substeinmanni, Reineckeia subantipodum
Reineckeites stuebeli Steinmann 1881 ammonite
Reineckeia freii Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Reineckeia substeinmanni Lemoine 1911 ammonite
Reineckeia subantipodum Jeannet 1951 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Proplanulites sp., Indosphinctes rusticus, Indosphinctes urbanus, Indosphinctes pseudopatina, "Grossouvria curvicosta" = Indosphinctes (Elatmites) curvicosta, "Choffatia euryptycha" = Choffatia, "Grossouvria arcicosta" = Choffatia
Indosphinctes urbanus Spath 1931 ammonite
Indosphinctes pseudopatina Parona and Bonarelli 1897 ammonite
"Grossouvria curvicosta" = Indosphinctes (Elatmites) curvicosta Oppel 1857 ammonite
"Choffatia euryptycha" = Choffatia ammonite
"Grossouvria arcicosta" = Choffatia ammonite
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Hecticoceras boginense, Hecticoceras sp.
Hecticoceras sp. Bonarelli 1893 ammonite