Colline de Bernon, near Tresques, Unit 4 of Faraud (1934) (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (44.1° N, 4.6° E: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 5.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mammites nodosoides ammonoid zone, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Early Turonian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy; Mammite nodosoides zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unit 4 of Faraud (1934), a 20m thick section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, gray, yellow, calcareous sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Grey or grey yellow calcareous marly sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens and taphonomic description.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

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. Lower Turonian ammonites from Gard (France). Palaeopelagos Special Publication 1:255-275 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82852: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.08.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for ammonoidea, and not listing other taxa; biostratigraphy remanie are not included in list. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identification.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Scaphites sp. Parkinson 1811 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hamitidae
Hamites sp. Parkinson 1811 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
"Pachyvascoceras harttiformis" = Vascoceras kossmati, "Pachyvascoceras durandi" = Vascoceras durandi, "Pachyvascoceras cf. hartii" = Vascoceras, "Pachyvascoceras bernonense" = Fagesia catinus, "Fagesia thevesthensis" = Fagesia tevesthensis, Neoptychites cephalotus
"Pachyvascoceras harttiformis" = Vascoceras kossmati Choffat 1898 ammonite
"Pachyvascoceras durandi" = Vascoceras durandi Thomas and Peron 1889 ammonite
"Pachyvascoceras cf. hartii" = Vascoceras ammonite
"Pachyvascoceras bernonense" = Fagesia catinus Mantell 1822 ammonite
"Fagesia thevesthensis" = Fagesia tevesthensis Peron 1896 ammonite
Neoptychites cephalotus Courtiller 1860 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae
"Thomasites cf. rollandi" = Thomasites rollandi, "Thomasites jordani" = Thomasites rollandi, "Leoniceras luciaeformis" = Choffaticeras (Leoniceras), "Leoniceras parvillieri" = Choffaticeras (Leoniceras), "Leoniceras quaasi" = Choffaticeras (Leoniceras), "Leoniceras segne" = Choffaticeras (Leoniceras), Leoniceras barjonai, "Pachyvascoceras triangulare" = Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) douvillei, Pseudotissotia gagnieri
"Thomasites cf. rollandi" = Thomasites rollandi Peron 1890 ammonite
"Thomasites jordani" = Thomasites rollandi Peron 1890 ammonite
"Leoniceras luciaeformis" = Choffaticeras (Leoniceras) ammonite
"Leoniceras parvillieri" = Choffaticeras (Leoniceras) ammonite
"Leoniceras quaasi" = Choffaticeras (Leoniceras) ammonite
"Leoniceras segne" = Choffaticeras (Leoniceras) ammonite
Leoniceras barjonai Choffat 1898 ammonite
"Pachyvascoceras triangulare" = Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) douvillei Peron 1896 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
"Prionotropis vielbancii" = Collignoniceras
"Prionotropis vielbancii" = Collignoniceras ammonite
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
"Acanthoceras cf. newboldi" = Calycoceras (Newboldiceras) asiaticum Jimbo 1894 ammonite
"Vascoceras tavense" = Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) tavense Faraud 1940 ammonite
Mammites nodosoides Schlüter 1871 ammonite
Paramammites polymorphum Pervinquiére 1907 ammonite
Paramammites furoni Faraud 1940 ammonite
"Mammites pseudonodosoides" = Pseudaspidoceras pseudonodosoides Choffat 1898 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Puzosia sp., "Puzosia gaudemarisi" = Mesopuzosia mobergi
Puzosia sp. Bayle 1878 ammonite
"Puzosia gaudemarisi" = Mesopuzosia mobergi de Grossouvre 1894 ammonite