La Croisette, Charleville-Mézières: Early Toarcian, France
collected by D. Drouin 1983

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Osteichthyes
Reptilia - Ichthyosauria
Ichthyosauria indet. de Blainville 1835
vertebrae
Reptilia - Pterosauria - Rhamphorhynchidae
1 specimen
A479, right tibia and fibula
Cephalopoda - Teuthidea
Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Dactylioceratidae
Dactylioceras sp. Hyatt 1867
Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Hildoceratidae
Bivalvia
unclassified
Crustacea indet. Brünnich 1772
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Champagne-Ardenne County:Marne
Coordinates: 49.8° North, 4.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.5° North, 22.7° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Toarcian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 3
Key time interval: Early Toarcian
Age range of interval: 184.2 - 182.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Marne de Flize
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "The "Marne de Flize" is referred to the early Toarcian (Tenuicostatum and Serpentinum zones according to Mouterde, 1980). It is therefore coeval with the Posidonienschiefer of southern Germany"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,blue "shale"
Secondary lithology:lenticular "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "The finely bedded blue-grey shales are locally known as the "Marne de Flize". At La Croisette, they contained limestone lenses up to one metre in thickness"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Fragmentation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:difficult macrofossils
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:D. Drouin Collection dates:1983
Collection method comments: Musée des Minéraux, Roches et Fossiles des Ardennes, Bogny-sur-Meuse
Metadata
Database number:96060
Authorizer:R. Butler, M. Carrano Enterer:R. Butler, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-05-11 05:32:22 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-05-11 05:32:22
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
32603. E. Buffetaut, B. Gibout, and D. Drouin. 2010. A pterosaur from the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) of the Ardennes (northeastern France). Carnets de Géologie/Notebooks on Geology 2010/01:1-6 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]