Where: Picardie, France (49.9° N, 4.1° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 13.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Calcaires marno-crayeux superieurs Formation, Middle Bathonian to Middle Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified marl and lithified chalk
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: J. -C. Fischer. 1969. Geologie, Paleontologie et Paleoecologie du Bathonien au sud-ouest du Massif Ardennais. Memoires du Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie C, Sciences de la terre 20:1-319 [R. Krause/R. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96159: authorized by Rich Krause, entered by Rich Krause on 19.05.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nuculoma variabilis Sowerby 1824 nut clam | |
Myophorella spiculifera Fischer 1969 clam | |
Protocardia lingulata Lycett 1863 cockle | |
Eocallista antiopa d'Orbigny 1850 clam | |
Homomya gibbosa Sowerby 1814 clam | |
Cavilucina bellona d'Orbigny 1850 clam
Cavilucina subgeometrica Fischer 1969 clam
Fimbria lajoyei d'Archiac 1843 clam | |
Lithophaga fabella Eudes-Deslongchamps 1838 mussel
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
Brachidontes bathonicus Morris and Lycett 1853 mussel | |
Parallelodon hirsonensis d'Archiac 1843 clam | |
"Lopha gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Lopha gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster | |
Ostrea wiltonensis Lycett 1863 oyster
Lopha costata Sowerby 1825 oyster | |
Nanogyra crassa, "Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Nanogyra crassa Smith 1819 oyster
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster | |
Pteroperna asinusoides Fischer 1969 pearl oyster | |
"Chlamys vagans" = Radulopecten vagans, Camptonectes retiferus
"Chlamys vagans" = Radulopecten vagans Sowerby 1826 scallop
Camptonectes retiferus Morris and Lycett 1853 scallop | |
Lima subcardiiformis Greppin 1867 file clam
Lima bynei Cox and Arkell 1948 file clam |