Where: Champagne-Ardenne, France (49.6° N, 4.8° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 14.4° 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 96191: authorized by Rich Krause, entered by Rich Krause on 19.05.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga fabella Eudes-Deslongchamps 1838 mussel | |
Lopha costata Sowerby 1825 oyster | |
Pteroperna costatula Eudes-Deslongchamps 1824 pearl oyster | |
Limatula cerealis Douglas and Arkell 1932 file clam | |
Parallelodon hirsonensis d'Archiac 1843 clam | |
Homomya gibbosa Sowerby 1814 clam | |
Protocardia stricklandi Morris and Lycett 1853 cockle
Protocardia buckmani Morris and Lycett 1853 cockle | |
Ceratomya concentrica Sowerby 1822 clam | |
Cavilucina bellona d'Orbigny 1850 clam
Fimbria lajoyei d'Archiac 1843 clam | |
Myophorella spiculifera Fischer 1969 clam | |
Trigonia pullus Sowerby 1826 clam |