Ottange-Rumelange quarry (level IV/12): Early/Lower Bajocian, France
collected by G. Felten & R. Felten

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Thyreophora indet. (Nopcsa 1915)
Delsate et al. 2018 1 specimen
MNHL BM766, osteoderm
    = ? Ankylosauria indet. Osborn 1923
Galton 2019
unclassified
Actinopterygii indet. (Cope 1887)
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhinchidae
Callorhinchidae indet. Garman 1901
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
"Polyacrodus" sp. Jaekel 1889
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
? Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes
Lissodus sp. Brough 1935
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Acrodus sp. Agassiz 1834
Chondrichthyes - Protospinacidae
Protospinax bilobatus Underwood and Ward 2004
Protospinax magnus Underwood and Ward 2004
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Paracestracion sp. Koken in Zittel 1911
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
aff. Palaeobrachaelurus sp. Thies 1983
aff. Palaeobrachaelurus mussetti Underwood and Ward 2004
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes
Synechodontiformes indet. Duffin and Ward 1993
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus levis (Woodward 1889)
Synechodus cf. duffini Underwood and Ward 2004
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Paraorthacodontidae
Paraorthacodus sp. Glikman 1957
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Orthacodontidae
Sphenodus cf. longidens (Agassiz 1843)
original and current combination Lamna (Sphenodus) longidens
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Pseudonotidanidae
Pseudonotidanus sp. Underwood and Ward 2004
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Grand Est County:Moselle
Coordinates: 49.5° North, 6.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.1° North, 15.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Bajocian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 4
Key time interval:Early/Lower Bajocian Ammonoid zone: Stephanoceras humphriesianum
Age range of interval:170.90000 - 168.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Marnes sableuses d'Audun-le-Tiche
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Marnes sableuses d'Audun-le-Tiche. Teeth primarily come from bed 12 in level 4.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:salvage,selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:G. Felten & R. Felten
Collection method comments: Repository: Musée national d'histoire naturelle de Luxembourg
Metadata
Database number:179498
Authorizer:M. Clapham, M. Carrano Enterer:M. Clapham, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2016-06-18 10:53:42 Last modified:2021-05-26 10:42:16
Access level:the public Released:2016-06-18 10:53:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
59450. D. Delsate and R. Felten. 2015. Chondrichthyens et Actinoptérygiens du Bajocien inférieur du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg et des régions frontalières. Ferrantia 71:9-38 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

65042 D. Delsate, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, R. Felten and G. Felten. 2018. First thyreophoran dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) of Luxembourg. Geologica Belgica 21(1-2):19-26 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
67999 P. M. Galton. 2019. Earliest record of an ankylosaurian dinosaur (Ornithischia: Thyreophora): Dermal armor from Lower Kota Formation (Lower Jurassic) of India. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 291(2):205-219 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Clapham]