Gammal, Saint-Ambroix, Bed 32: Rhaetian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Saurichtys acuminatus
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
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Acrodus minimus
Agassiz 1839
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| recombined as Lissodus minimus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus aff. minuta
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Alectryonia haidingeriana
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| spelled with current rank as Ostrea (Alectryonia) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Liostrea aff. irregularis
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Rhaetavicula contorta
(Portlock 1843)
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| Avicula contorta | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Cardiniidae
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? Cardinia sp.
Agassiz 1841
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Gastropoda
- Pleurotomariidae
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Pleurotomaria sp.
Defrance 1826
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | County: | Saint-Ambroix |
| Coordinates: | 44.3° North, 4.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.9° North, 9.1° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Altitude: | 154 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| Stage: | Rhaetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Rhaetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 208.50000 - 201.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Local bed: | 32 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression,original aragonite,original calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | many |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 39365 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
| Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Subset of collection #: | 39214 | ||
| Created: | 2004-05-27 05:46:24 | Last modified: | 2004-05-27 08:46:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-27 05:46:24 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10588. | P. de Brun and L. Vedel. 1919. Etude géologique et paléontologique des environs de St-Ambroix (Gard). Première partie (Houiller, Trias, Infralias). Imprimerie Générale, Nimes 1-220 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier] |