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 - Phymosomatidae
Phymosoma sp. Haime 1853
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Micraster turonensis
Micraster decipiens
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Spatangidae
Epiaster laxoporus
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Stereocidaris sp. Pomel 1883
Prionocidaris sp. Agassiz 1863
Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Metopaster sp. Sladen 1893
Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina sp. d'Orbigny 1847
originally entered as "Terbratulina sp."
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Cyclothyris vespertilio (Brocchi 1814)
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae
Onychocella sp. Jullien 1882
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Cytididae
Homoeosolen sp. Lonsdale 1850
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Eleidae
Meliceritites sp. (Sepkoski 1902)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha santonensis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte vesicularis (Lamarck 1806)
Ceratostreon sp. Bayle 1878
Ceratostreon spinosum (Matheron 1842)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814
Inoceramus digitatus Sowerby 1829
Volviceramus ex gr. involutus (Sowerby 1828)
originally entered as "Volviceramus ex gr. involutus"
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
Paratexanites emscheris
Paratexanites bourgeoisi
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 Cretaceous
Stage: Coniacian - Santonian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 6
*Epoch:Senonian
*International age/stage:Santonian - Coniacian
Key time interval: Coniacian - Santonian
Age range of interval: 89.8 - 83.6 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]