St. Aubin: Late Bathonian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Stenolaemata - Tubuliporata - Heteroporidae
Ripisoecia conifera (Lamoureux 1821)
Stenolaemata - Tubuliporata - Cavidae
Ceriocava corymbosa Lamoureux 1821
Stenolaemata - Tubuliporata - Fasciculiporidae
Stenolaemata - Tubuliporata - Stomatoporidae
Stomatopora dichotomoides (d'Orbigny 1850)
Stomatopora dichotoma (Lamoureux 1821)
Stenolaemata - Tubuliporata - Plagioeciidae
Stenolaemata - Tubuliporata - Entalophoridae
Stenolaemata - Tubuliporata - Multisparsidae
Reptomultisparsa sp. d'Orbigny 1852
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecidellinidae
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Eudesiidae
Eudesia cardium (Lamarck 1819)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratellidae
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dictyothyrididae
Dictyothyris coarctata (Parkinson 1811)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Chlidonophoridae
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
described as Lopha
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Trichites sp. Lhuyd 1760
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra sp. Beurlen 1958
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798
Sabellida - Serpulidae
Sabellida - Sabellidae
Insecta - Neuroptera - Sisyridae
Echinoidea - Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae
Echinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Gymnocidaris pustulosa (Agassiz 1846)
Asteroidea
starfish plates [originally entered as "Asteroida indet."]
unclassified
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823
Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Platychoniidae
Calcarea
Calcarea - Calcaronea - Endostomatidae
Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
? Oculospongia sp. Fromentel 1860
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 49.0° North, 0.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.1° North, 20.9° East (Wright 2013)
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Middle Jurassic
Stage: Bathonian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 4
Key time interval: Late Bathonian
Age range of interval: 168.2 - 165.3 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:St. Aubin
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: biostratigraphy of the rock unit: it belongs to the subzone of Clydoniceras hollandi
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:peloidal unlithified claystone
Secondary lithology:shelly/skeletal poorly lithified marl
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: interreefal sediment ranging from clay with abundant skeletal debris to bio-grainstone that may be crossbedded; reefal sediment consists of pelleted clay.
Environment:open shallow subtidal Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Size sorting:very poor
Fragmentation:frequent
Encrustation:frequent
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:1.000
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:37510
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Modifier:F. Fursich Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-03-16 03:22:37 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2004-03-16 03:22:37
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
10037. T. J. Palmer and F.T. Fürsich. 1981. Ecology of sponge reefs from the Upper Bathonian of Normandy. Palaeontology 24(1):1-23 [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/F. Fursich]