Wimille cliff: Tithonian, France
collected by de la Moussaye
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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1 specimen | |||||||||
biconcave vertebra | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Pycnodus sp.
Agassiz 1833
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2 specimens | |||||||||
teeth | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Neosodon n. gen. sp.
de la Moussaye 1884
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1 specimen | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Sauropoda | ||||||||||
tooth | ||||||||||
Machimosaurus interruptus
Sauvage 1874
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3 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Machimosaurus hugii | ||||||||||
"or Goniopholis" | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Teleosauridae
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Teleosauridae indet.
Geoffroy 1831
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1 specimen | |||||||||
tooth | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Goniopholididae
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Goniopholis undidens n. sp.
de la Moussaye 1884
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1 specimen | |||||||||
tooth | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Plesiosauria indet.
de Blainville 1835
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1 specimen | |||||||||
tooth | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Hybodus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
dorsal spine | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | France | State/province: | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | County: | Pas-de-Calais |
Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 1.6° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 41.6° North, 11.0° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Altitude: | 61 meters | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 |
Key time interval: | Tithonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 149.20000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "upper Portlandian" |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | ferruginous sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "sables ferrugineux" | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collectors: | de la Moussaye |
Metadata
Also known as: | Boulonnais, Boulogne-sur-mer | ||
Database number: | 144342 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2013-05-04 01:16:30 | Last modified: | 2019-04-25 13:28:58 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-05-04 01:16:30 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
46546. | G. de la Moussaye. 1884. Sur une dent de Neosodon trouvée dans les sables ferrugineux de Wimille [On a tooth of Neosodon found in the ferruginous sandstone of Wimille]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 3e série 13:51-54 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
46918 | G. de la Moussaye. 1885. Notice sur le Neosodon [Notice on the Neosodon]. Bulletin de la société Academique de l'Arrondissement de Boulogne-sur-Mer 4:162-168 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
68858 | L. Dollo. 1885. Le Neosodon [Neosodon]. Review des Questions Scientifiques 17:627-628 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
48563 | H. Parent. 1893. Le Wealdien du Bas-Boulonnais [The Wealden of the Bas-Boulonnais]. Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord 21:50-93 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |