Pas de Calais Oolithe de Marquise Retrocostatum Zone megaflora: Middle Bathonian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gymnospermopsida - Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae
Cycadopteris moretiana
part of megaflora (described by Philippe et al.)
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Brachyphyllum sp. Brongniart 1828
part of megaflora (described by Zeiller (1912), Dutertre (1930, 1938, 1939) or Corsin et al. (1962))
Brachyphyllum cf. mamillare Brongniart 1828
part of megaflora (described by Philippe et al.)
Pagiophyllum uncifolium
part of megaflora (described by Zeiller (1912), Dutertre (1930, 1938, 1939) or Corsin et al. (1962))
Coniferales - Brachyphyllaceae
Brachyoxylon sp. wood Hollick and Jeffrey 1909
part of megaflora (described by Philippe et al.)
Bennettitales
Zamites sp. Brongniart 1828
part of megaflora (described by Zeiller (1912), Dutertre (1930, 1938, 1939) or Corsin et al. (1962))
Otozamites beckei
part of megaflora (described by Zeiller (1912), Dutertre (1930, 1938, 1939) or Corsin et al. (1962))
Pterophyllum hortensiae
part of megaflora (described by Zeiller (1912), Dutertre (1930, 1938, 1939) or Corsin et al. (1962))
Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxaceae
Protophyllocladus sp. Berry 1903
part of megaflora (described by Zeiller (1912), Dutertre (1930, 1938, 1939) or Corsin et al. (1962))
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 49.9° North, 2.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.7° North, 12.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Bathonian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 4
*Period:Middle Jurassic *Epoch:Middle Dogger - Late/Upper Dogger
*International age/stage:Middle Bathonian
Key time interval:Middle Bathonian Zone: Retrocostatum Zone
Age range of interval:167.70000 - 164.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Local bed:Oolithe de Marquise
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: Oolithe de Marquise
Environment:carbonate indet. Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Geology comments: Sedimentological character close to that at Mamers; oolitic shoreface with tidally influenced sheltered areas.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,original carbon,original cellulose
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated major elements:many
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Megaflora described by: Zeiller (1912) and Dutertre (1930, 1938, 1939) or Corsin et al.,1962)
Metadata
Database number:31327
Authorizer:C. Looy Enterer:F. Verbruggen
Modifier:F. Verbruggen Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-05-07 06:54:36 Last modified:2003-05-08 08:51:51
Access level:the public Released:2003-05-07 06:54:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

8462. M. Philippe, F. Thevenard, G. Barale, S. Ferry, and G. Guignard. 1998. Middle Bathonian floras and phytocoenoses of France. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 143:135-158 [C. Looy/F. Verbruggen/F. Verbruggen]