Foug, coral marl: Middle Oxfordian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Hemicidaris crenularis
Vadet et al. 2002 1 specimen
Hessotiara florescens
Vadet et al. 2002 5 individuals
Echinoidea - Diplopodiidae
Diplopodia versipora
Vadet et al. 2002 20 individuals
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Acrosaleniidae
Pseudosalenia tuberculosa
Vadet et al. 2002 1 individual
Milnia angularis
Vadet et al. 2002 1 individual
Echinoidea - Pedinoida - Pedinidae
Pedina sublaevis
Vadet et al. 2002 12 individuals
Hemipedina tuberculosa Wright 1855
Vadet et al. 2002 6 individuals
Echinoidea - Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae
Psephechinus perlatus
Vadet et al. 2002 6 individuals
Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Glypticus hieroglyphicus
Vadet et al. 2002 226 individuals
Echinoidea - Cidaroidea
Cidaroidea indet. Claus 1880
Vadet et al. 2002 11 individuals
Polycidaris spinosa or Anisocidaris spinulosa
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae
Nudicidaris elegans (Muenster 1829)
Vadet et al. 2002 4 individuals
Paracidaris florigemma (Phillips 1829)
Vadet et al. 2002 5 specimens
Nenoticidaris parandieri
Vadet et al. 2002 9 specimens
synonym of Paracidaris (Anisocidaris)
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Diplocidaridae
Rolliericidaris etalloni
Vadet et al. 2002 7 specimens
synonym of Diplocidaris
Echinoidea - Cidaroida
Plegiocidaris crucifera (Agassiz 1840)
Vadet et al. 2002 5 specimens
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Psychocidaridae
Merocidaris propinquus
Vadet et al. 2002 1 individual
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae
? Rhabdocidaris megalacantha
Vadet et al. 2002 2 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Deltoideum delta (Smith 1817)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
3 %-volume
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea sp. (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
10 %-volume
Thecosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
2 %-volume
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821
2 %-volume
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Actinarea sp. (d'Orbigny 1849)
3 %-volume
original and current combination Actinaraea
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823
5 %-volume
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Fungiastraea sp. Alloiteau 1952
6 %-volume
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Dimorpharaea sp. de Fromentel 1861
53 %-volume
Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821
8 %-volume
Dendrarea sp. (d'Orbigny 1849)
2 %-volume
original and current combination Dendraraea
Comoseris sp. d'Orbigny 1849
6 %-volume
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Lorraine
Coordinates: 48.7° North, 5.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.6° North, 14.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Oxfordian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
*Period:Late/Upper Jurassic *Epoch:Malm
*International age/stage:Middle Oxfordian
Key time interval:Middle Oxfordian Ammonoid zone: Maltonense-Tenuiserratum
Age range of interval:161.50000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Marnes à coraux de Foug
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: PJW: Formation from Carpentier, Lathuilière, Ferry & Sausse 2007
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Secondary lithology: lithified marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Coral marl, microsolenid biostrome unit 2
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3160
Database number:21273
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-06-24 09:19:26 Last modified:2021-09-18 12:04:58
Access level:the public Released:2002-06-24 09:19:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6537. E. Insalaco. 1996. Upper Jurassic microsolenid biostromes of northern and central Europe: facies and depositional environment. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 121:169-194 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

25261 A. Vadet, P. Pannier, and C. Marignac. 2002. Les echinides fossiles de l'Oxfordien de Foug. Societe d'Historie Naturelle du Boulonnais 22(2):1-44 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]