Sample II 97.2, Tercis-les-Bains: Late/Upper Campanian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Chlidonophoridae
Meonia semiglobularis (Posselt 1894)
Gaspard and Odin 2001
Ophiuroidea - Ophioscolecida - Ophioscolecidae
cf. Ophioscolex informal n. sp.
Jagt and Odin 2001
Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiocomidae
? Ophiocoma rasmusseni Hess 1960
Jagt and Odin 2001
? Ophiocoma cf. senonensis (Valette 1914)
Jagt and Odin 2001
Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiactidae
? Ophiactis sp. Lütken 1856
Jagt and Odin 2001
Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae
Ophiomusium informal n. sp. 1
Jagt and Odin 2001
Ophiomusium informal n. sp. 2
Jagt and Odin 2001
Ophiomusium informal n. sp.
Jagt and Odin 2001
Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Ophiotitanos serrata (Roemer 1841)
Jagt and Odin 2001
original and current combination Ophiura serrata
Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiopyrgidae
? Stegophiura hagenowi (Rasmussen 1950)
Jagt and Odin 2001
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Landes
Coordinates: 43.7° North, 1.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.9° North, 1.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian Ammonoid zone: Nostoceras hyatti
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Terces-les-Bains Local bed:97.2 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: D'Avenac Unit. Oldest ammonites from the base of the d'Avenac unit include Hoplitoplacenticeras dolbergense and small heteromorphs of the genus Pseudoxybeloceras, indicating a Late Campanian age for the unit. The base of the Maastrichtian is at 115.2 m in the overlying Les Vignes unit.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic lithified "limestone"
Environment:offshore shelf
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,chemical,mechanical,sieve
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:38810
Authorizer:L. Villier Enterer:L. Villier
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-05-05 02:27:26 Last modified:2020-09-12 23:32:11
Access level:the public Released:2004-05-05 02:27:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10432. G. S. Odin. 2001. The Campanian-Maastrichtian stage boundary. Development in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy 19:1-881 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

10437 D. Gaspard and G.S. Odin. 2001. Brachiopodes du Campanien-Maastrichtien à Tercis les Bains (Landes, France). Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy 19:423-436 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]
10436 J. W. M. Jagt and G.S. Odin. 2001. Campanian-Maastrichtian ophiuroids (Echinodermata) from Tercis les Bains (Landes, France). Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy 19:414-420 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]