Pointe des Lombards, Cassis - Bed 3 (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (43.2° N, 5.5° E: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 6.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, that overlies the Gargasian Marls (Aptian). AGE: Early Cenomanian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy and stratigraphic position; Mantelliceras mantelli zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed 3, in lower part of section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, concretionary, blue, calcareous sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Nodular, blue, buff-weathering calcareous sandstones and quartzose calcarenites. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens and taphonomic description.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, replaced with limonite, replaced with phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Many collectors, including W.J. Kennedy (1967-1990). REPOSITORY: Several repositories, principally the NMNH, but also the BMNH, OUM, FSM and FSL.

Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy. 1994. Cenomanian ammonites from Cassis, Bouches-du-Rhone, France. Palaeopelagos Special Publication 1:209-254 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82842: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for ammonoidea, and not listing other taxa; biostratigraphy remanie are not included in list. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, but often not species resolution identification.
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Turrilitidae
Turrilites sp.
Turrilites sp. Lamarck 1801 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Sciponoceras sp.
Sciponoceras sp. Hyatt 1894 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Mantelliceras cantianum, Mantelliceras saxbii
Mantelliceras cantianum Spath 1926 ammonite
Mantelliceras saxbii Sharpe 1857 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Inoceramus crippsi" = Gnesioceramus cripsii
"Inoceramus crippsi" = Gnesioceramus cripsii Mantell 1822 clam
Echinoidea
 Echinoneoida - Conulidae
Conulus sp.
Conulus sp. Leske 1778 sea urchin