Marne glauconieuse de Chateau: Coniacian - Santonian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Stereocidaris sp. Pomel 1883
spelled with current rank as Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris)
Prionocidaris sp. Agassiz 1863
Echinoidea - Phymosomatidae
Phymosoma sp. Haime 1853
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Spatangidae
Epiaster laxoporus
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Micraster turonensis
Micraster decipiens
Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Metopaster sp. Sladen 1893
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Cyclothyris vespertilio (Brocchi 1814)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina sp. d'Orbigny 1847
originally entered as "Terbratulina sp."
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae
Onychocella sp. Jullien 1882
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Eleidae
Meliceritites sp. (Sepkoski 1902)
synonym of Meliceritites
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Cytididae
Homoeosolen sp. Lonsdale 1850
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
Paratexanites emscheris
Paratexanites bourgeoisi
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Volviceramus ex gr. involutus (Sowerby 1828)
originally entered as "Volviceramus ex gr. involutus"
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814
Inoceramus digitatus Sowerby 1829
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha santonensis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ceratostreon sp. Bayle 1878
Ceratostreon spinosum (Matheron 1842)
synonym of Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) pliciferum
Pycnodonte vesicularis (Lamarck 1806)
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis
unclassified
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Thalassinoides sp. Ehrenberg 1944
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 45.0° North, 0.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.0° North, 2.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
*Epoch:Senonian
*International age/stage:Santonian - Coniacian
Key time interval:Coniacian - Santonian
Age range of interval:89.80000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Craie de Villedieu Member:Marne glauconieuse du Chateau
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:hardground,glauconitic "carbonate"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:3736
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-09 10:14:43 Last modified:2019-05-06 17:36:46
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-09 10:14:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

239. I. Jarvis, A. Gale, and C. Clayton. 1982. Litho- and biostratigraphical observations on the type sections of the Craie de Villedieu Formation (Upper Cretaceous, western France). Newsletters on Stratigraphy 11(2):64-82 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Uhen]