Anteuil lignitic marl Bathonian microflora (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (47.4° N, 6.6° E: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 16.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marl

• isolated cays (tidal channel)
• lignitic marl

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, mechanical,

Primary reference: M. Philippe, F. Thevenard, G. Barale, S. Ferry, and G. Guignard. 1998. Middle Bathonian floras and phytocoenoses of France. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 143:135-158 [C. Looy/F. Verbruggen/F. Verbruggen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31321: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Frederike Verbruggen on 07.05.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• The palynological data are from M. Roche (in pers. comm.). Also new data are given (Philippe et al.)
unclassified
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Angiospermae
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Monosulcites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Callialasporites australis podocarp
Cookson
Callialasporites microvelatus Schulz 1966 podocarp
Schulz
Callialasporites segmentatus Balme 1961 podocarp
(Balme) Srivastava
Perinopollenites elatoides
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Perinopollenites elatoides Couper 1958
Couper
Lycopodiopsida
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodiumsporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 clubmoss
Lycopodiumsporites austroclavatidites PotoniƩ 1956 clubmoss
(Cookson) Hiltman
Pteridopsida
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 Ophioglossales - Ophioglossidae
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Deltoidospora sp. Miner 1935
Polypodiopsida
  - Gleicheniaceae
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Eucommiidites troedsonnii cycads
Erdtmann