Hirson (Jurassic of France)

Where: Picardie, France (49.9° N, 4.1° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 13.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oolithe miliaire Formation, Early/Lower Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, ooidal, shelly/skeletal grainstone

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 96164: authorized by Rich Krause, entered by Rich Krause on 19.05.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya concentrica Sowerby 1822 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia pullus Sowerby 1826 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga fabella Eudes-Deslongchamps 1838 mussel
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula cerealis Douglas and Arkell 1932 file clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea hebridica Forbes 1851 oyster
Ostrea acuminata Sowerby 1816 oyster
Lopha costata Sowerby 1825 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon hirsonensis d'Archiac 1843 clam