Where: Poitou-Charentes, France (45.8° N, 1.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 1.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• "Cénomanien basal"
•30 - 40 cm bed
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; poorly lithified, carbonaceous siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: R. Vullo, D. Néraudeau, and B. Videt. 2003. Un faciès de type falun dans le Cénomanien basal de Charente-Maritime (France). Annales de Paléontologie 89(3):171-189 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 73863: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.07.2007, edited by Matthew Carrano and Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Cyclothyris compressa Valenciennes 1819
Cyclothyris difformis Valenciennes 1819 | |
"Terebratula biplicata" = Nucleatina biplicata
"Terebratula biplicata" = Nucleatina biplicata Sowerby 1812 | |
Gemmarcula menardi Lamarck 1819 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Gastropoda | |
"Harpagodes incerta" = Harpagodes nodosus
"Harpagodes incerta" = Harpagodes nodosus Sowerby 1823 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Rastellum carinatum Lamarck 1806 oyster | |
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster | |
Granocardium cf. productum Sowerby 1832 cockle | |
Sphaerulites foliaceus Lamarck 1819 rudist
Praeradiolites fleuriaui rudist | |
Ichthyosarcolites triangularis Desmarest 1822 rudist | |
Cirripedia | |
Cirripedia indet. barnacle | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Squalicorax sp. Whitley 1939 crow shark | |
"Carcharias amonensis" = Haimirichia amonensis
"Carcharias amonensis" = Haimirichia amonensis Cappetta and Case 1975 mackerel shark | |
Scapanorhynchus minimus Landemaine 1991 goblin shark | |
Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi Thurmond 1971 guitarfish | |
Tribodus morlati Landemaine 1991 elasmobranch | |
Reptilia | |
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Simoliophis rochebrunei Sauvage 1880 snake | |
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Actinopteri | |
Pycnodontiformes indet. Berg 1937 | |
Asteroidea | |
Caletaster romani Breton 1988 sea star | |
Astropectinidae indet. Gray 1840 sea star | |
Echinoidea | |
Poriocidaris cenomanensis pencil urchin | |
Goniopygus menardi Desmarest in Defrance 1925 sea urchin | |
Phymosoma cenomanense sea urchin | |
Echinogalerus rostratus sea urchin | |
Nucleopygus similis d'Orbigny 1856 sea urchin | |
Crinoidea | |
"Pentacrinus cenomanensis" = Isocrinus cenomanensis
"Pentacrinus cenomanensis" = Isocrinus cenomanensis d'Orbigny 1850 Sea lily | |
Anthozoa | |
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"Ellipsosmilia cornucopia" = Trochosmilia (Ellipsosmilia)
"Ellipsosmilia cornucopia" = Trochosmilia (Ellipsosmilia) stony coral | |
Foraminifera | |
Orbitolina concava Lamarck 1816 |