Normandy HLF7: Middle Oxfordian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
5 individuals
Cycloserpula
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
7 individuals
Dorsoserpula
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Cardioceratidae
Cardioceras aff. quadrarium
1 individual
Vertebriceras
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes auritus (Schlotheim 1813)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon genuflectum
8 individuals
original and current combination Lopha (Actinostreon)
Actinostreon gregareum (Sowerby 1816)
3 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
60 individuals
recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Gryphaea dilatata
2 individuals
Bilobissa
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya aequalis
1 individual
Homomya sp. Agassiz 1843
1 individual
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorellidae
Myophorella sp. Bayle 1878
1 individual
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Nubeculinella sp. Cushman 1930
25 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 49.3° North, 0.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.0° North, 9.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Oxfordian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
*Period:Late/Upper Jurassic *Epoch:Malm
*International age/stage:Middle Oxfordian
Key time interval:Middle Oxfordian Zone: cordatum
Age range of interval:161.50000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Calcaire a oolithes ferrugineuses
Local section:HLF Local bed:7
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:burrows,ferruginous,gray unlithified argillaceous,calcareous claystone
Lithology description: grey argillaceous calcareous clay with scattered fe-flakes
Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite,replaced with calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:4909
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-29 23:38:31 Last modified:2017-07-28 16:39:25
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-29 23:38:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

41. F. T. Fürsich. 1999. Unpublished data. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]