Fouras Peninsula (Unit B2ms channel with wood): Early/Lower Cenomanian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Agathoxylon gardoniense
Ginkgoopsida - Ginkgoales
Ginkgoxylon sp. Saporta 1884
Coniferales - Brachyphyllaceae
Brachyoxylon sp. Hollick and Jeffrey 1909
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpoxylon sp. Gothan 1905
Insecta
Insecta indet. Linnaeus 1758
Insecta - Hymenoptera
Chalcidoidea indet. Leach 1815
Insecta - Hemiptera
Homoptera indet. Leach 1815
Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Dolichopodidae indet. Latreille 1809
Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Ceratopogonidae indet. Newman 1834
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gyrostrea cf. delettrei (Coquand 1862)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Acutostrea lingularis
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Poitou-Charentes County:Charentes-Maritime
Coordinates: 46.0° North, 1.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.8° North, 1.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Cenomanian
Age range of interval:99.60000 - 93.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic sandy claystone
Secondary lithology: amber
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "glauconitic sandy clays"
Environment:estuary/bay
Geology comments: "very shallow environment, in a coastal estuarine context"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,amber
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:65422
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Karr Research group:marine invertebrate,paleobotany,paleoentomology
Created:2006-09-21 18:26:52 Last modified:2011-08-25 13:25:03
Access level:the public Released:2006-09-21 18:26:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18858. D. Néraudeau, R. Allain, V. Perrichot, B. Videt, F. Lapparent Broin, F. Guillocheau, M. Philippe, J.-C. Rage, and R. Vullo. 2003. Découverte d'un dépôt paralique à bois fossiles, ambre insectifère et restes d'Iguanodontidae (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) dans le Cénomanien inférieur de Fouras (Charente-Maritime, Sud-Ouest de la France). Comptes Rendus Palevol 2:221-230 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/L. Villier]