Normandy HLC4 (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (49.3° N, 0.1° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 9.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: cordatum zone, Calcaire a oolithes ferrugineuses Formation, Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, burrowed, ferruginous, nodular, ooidal, argillaceous limestone and marl

• nodular argillaceous limestone with fe-ooids and marl partings

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical

Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich. 1999. Unpublished data. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4920: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 30.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Nubeculinella sp.
Nubeculinella sp. Cushman 1930
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
Purpuroidea indet.
Purpuroidea indet. Lycett 1848 periwinkle
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella sp.
Nicaniella sp. Chavan 1945 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya acerte
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya aequalis, Goniomya literata, Homomya sp.
Pholadomya aequalis clam
[entered as Pholoadomya aequalis]
Goniomya literata Sowerby 1819 clam
Homomya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Myopholas sp.
Myopholas sp. Douvillé 1908 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis, Pleuromya alduini
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
Pleuromya alduini Brongniart 1821 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Anisocardia isocardioides, Isocyprina sp.
Isocyprina sp. Röder 1882 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus bipartitus
Modiolus bipartitus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea dilatata, "Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Gryphaea dilatata oyster
Bilobissa
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon genuflectum, Actinostreon gregareum
Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Plagiostoma rigidum" = Lima (Plagiostoma) rigida
"Plagiostoma rigidum" = Lima (Plagiostoma) rigida Sowerby 1815 file clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula weymouthiana
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Radulopecten fibrosus
Radulopecten fibrosus Sowerby 1816 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Perisphinctes sp.
Perisphinctes sp. Waagen 1869 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Euaspidoceras sp.
Euaspidoceras sp. Spath 1931 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Cardioceratidae
Cardioceras sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Thurmannella sp.
Thurmannella sp. Leidhold 1921
[entered as Thurmanella sp.]
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp., Serpula sp.
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Dorsoserpula/slarge
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Pentaserpula