Hocmont, Oolithe miliaire (Jurassic of France)

Where: Champagne-Ardenne, France (49.7° N, 4.6° E: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 14.2° 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 96165: authorized by Rich Krause, entered by Rich Krause on 19.05.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia stricklandi Morris and Lycett 1853 cockle
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga fabella Eudes-Deslongchamps 1838 mussel
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea acuminata Sowerby 1816 oyster
Ostrea hebridica Forbes 1851 oyster
Lopha costata Sowerby 1825 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteroperna asinusoides Fischer 1969 pearl oyster
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Meleagrinella echinata Smith 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima hellica d'Orbigny 1850 file clam
Lima bognyensis Fischer 1969 file clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon hirsonensis d'Archiac 1843 clam