Level II.6, Laugieri horizon, Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard, Vendée: Early/Lower Callovian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae
Dorsoplicathyris ex gr. dorsoplicata (Suess 1856)
Articulata - Articulata
Articulata indet. Huxley 1869
invalid subgroup of Brachiopoda
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Paralcidia voultensis
replaced by Alcidia
Oxycerites subcostarius (Oppel 1862)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Indosphinctes cf. luceyensis
Elatmites sp. Shevyrev 1960
spelled with current rank as Indosphinctes (Elatmites)
Grossouvria sciutoi
synonym of Choffatia
Grossouvria torosa
synonym of Choffatia
Grossouvria crassa (Siemiradzki 1894)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Reineckeiidae
Reineckeia sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tulitidae
Bomburites globuliforme
spelled with current rank as Kheraiceras (Bomburites)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Macrocephalitidae
Dolikephalites gracilis
Macrocephalites compressus
see common names

Geography
Country:France County:Vendée
Coordinates: 46.4° North, 1.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.5° North, 9.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:0 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Callovian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Callovian
Age range of interval:165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local bed:6
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Gracilis zone, Voultensis sub-zone, Laugieri horizon, 0.06 m
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Articulated whole bodies:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:60426
Authorizer:L. Villier Enterer:L. Villier
Modifier:L. Villier Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-05-15 05:04:46 Last modified:2006-05-15 08:13:07
Access level:the public Released:2006-05-15 05:04:46
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

17383.1% 15720E. Cariou. 1974. La série callovienne du Nord-Ouest du bassin d'Aquitaine. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Serie D: Sciences Naturelles 279(4):307-310 [L. Villier/L. Villier]