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 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Coroniceras lyra, Coroniceras multicostatum, "Pararnioceras falsani" = Coroniceras, Arnioceras oppeli, Arnioceras falcaries, Arnioceras sp., Arnioceras semicostatum
Coroniceras lyra Hyatt 1867 ammonite
Coroniceras multicostatum Sowerby 1824 ammonite
"Pararnioceras falsani" = Coroniceras ammonite
Arnioceras oppeli ammonite
Arnioceras falcaries ammonite
Arnioceras sp. Hyatt 1867 ammonite
Arnioceras semicostatum Young and Bird 1828 ammonite | |
Schlotheimia sp. Bayle 1878 ammonite | |
Cenoceras striatum Sowerby 1817 nautiloid | |
Nannobelus acutus belemnite | |
Bivalvia | |
Cardinia sp. Agassiz 1841 clam | |
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop | |
Plagiostoma giganteum Sowerby 1814 file clam | |
Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck 1801 oyster |