Where: France (49.0° N, 0.0° W: paleocoordinates 38.7° N, 10.4° E)
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)
• biostratigraphy of the rock unit: it belongs to the subzone of Clydoniceras hollandi
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; unlithified, peloidal claystone and poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal marl
•reefal sediment consists of pelleted clay.
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, sieve,
Primary reference: T. J. Palmer and F.T. Fürsich. 1981. Ecology of sponge reefs from the Upper Bathonian of Normandy. Palaeontology 24(1):1-23 [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/F. Fursich]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 37510: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 16.03.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823 stony coral | |
Demospongiae | |
Platychonia magna demosponge | |
Calcarea | |
Calcarea "sp. A" Bowerbank 1864 calcareous sponge
Calcarea "sp. B" Bowerbank 1864 calcareous sponge
Calcarea "sp. C" Bowerbank 1864 calcareous sponge
Calcarea "sp. D" Bowerbank 1864 calcareous sponge | |
Elasmostoma palmatum, Peronidella pistilliformis, "Trachyphlyctia helvelloides" = Diaplectia, ? Oculospongia sp., Eudea cribraria, Enaulofungia "sp. A", Enaulofungia "sp. B", Enaulofungia "sp. C", Enaulofungia "sp. D", "Blastinia ornata" = Astrospongia, Limnorea mamillosa
Elasmostoma palmatum calcareous sponge
Peronidella pistilliformis calcareous sponge
"Trachyphlyctia helvelloides" = Diaplectia calcareous sponge
? Oculospongia sp. Fromentel 1860 calcareous sponge
Eudea cribraria calcareous sponge
Enaulofungia "sp. A" Fromentel 1860 calcareous sponge
Enaulofungia "sp. B" Fromentel 1860 calcareous sponge
Enaulofungia "sp. C" Fromentel 1860 calcareous sponge
Enaulofungia "sp. D" Fromentel 1860 calcareous sponge
"Blastinia ornata" = Astrospongia calcareous sponge
Limnorea mamillosa calcareous sponge | |
Asteroidea | |
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830 sea star starfish plates [originally entered as "Asteroida indet."]
| |
Echinoidea | |
Psephechinus morieri sea urchin | |
Gymnocidaris pustulosa Agassiz 1846 sea urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam | |
Chlamys (Chlamys) viminea scallop
Spondylus consobrinus scallop | |
Atreta retifera scallop | |
| |
Nanogyra sp. Beurlen 1958 oyster | |
Trichites sp. Lhuyd 1760 oyster | |
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel | |
Craniata | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratulidae indet. Gray 1840 | |
Dictyothyris coarctata Parkinson 1811 | |
"Eudesia cardium" = Eudesia (Eudesia) cardium, Flabellothyris flabellum
"Eudesia cardium" = Eudesia (Eudesia) cardium Lamarck 1819 | |
Terebratellidae indet. King 1850 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa "sp. A", Bryozoa "sp. B", Bryozoa "sp. C", Bryozoa "sp. D", Bryozoa "sp. E", Bryozoa "sp. F", Bryozoa "sp. G"
Bryozoa "sp. A" Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa "sp. B" Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa "sp. C" Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa "sp. D" Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa "sp. E" Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa "sp. F" Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa "sp. G" Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Ripisoecia conifera Lamoureux 1821 | |
Ceriocava corymbosa Lamoureux 1821 | |
Stomatopora dichotoma Lamoureux 1821
Stomatopora dichotomoides d'Orbigny 1850 | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpula (Tetraserpula) tricarinata, Serpula (Cycloserpula) filaria, Serpula (Cycloserpula) "sp. A", Serpula (Dorsoserpula) "sp. A", Serpula (Dorsoserpula) "sp. B"
Serpula (Cycloserpula) "sp. A" Linnaeus 1758
Serpula (Dorsoserpula) "sp. A" Linnaeus 1758
Serpula (Dorsoserpula) "sp. B" Linnaeus 1758 | |
"Serpula (Cycloserpula) gordialis" = Glomerula serpentina
"Serpula (Cycloserpula) gordialis" = Glomerula serpentina Schlotheim 1820 | |
Insecta | |
Neuropora spinosa spongillafly
Neuropora "sp. erect form" Khramov 2019 spongillafly |