Bourmicht, Bertrange (Jurassic of Luxembourg)

Where: Luxembourg (49.6° N, 6.1° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 11.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Marnes et Calcaires de Strassen Formation, Early/Lower Sinemurian (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified marl and lithified wackestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: R. Colbach, S. Guérin-Franiatte, and R. Maquil. 2003. Un remarquable site fossilifère dans le Sinémurien inférieur de Bertrange (Grand-Duché de Luxembourg). Ferrantia 36:53-64 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 95991: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 06.05.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma giganteum Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck 1801 oyster
 Carditida - Cardiniidae
Cardinia sp. Agassiz 1841 clam
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida -
 Ammonitida - Arietitidae
Arnioceras sp. Hyatt 1867 ammonite
Arnioceras semicostatum Young and Bird 1828 ammonite
"Pararnioceras falsani" = Coroniceras ammonite
Coroniceras multicostatum Sowerby 1824 ammonite
Coroniceras lyra Hyatt 1867 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Schlotheimiidae
Schlotheimia sp. Bayle 1878 ammonite
 Nautilida - Cenoceratidae
Cenoceras striatum Sowerby 1817 nautiloid