Causses (Truc de Balduc section, Cénaret section and Riviere sur Tarn section) (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (44.3° N, 3.3° E: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 14.7° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified marl

• Mid to lower shelf settings. Dark-gray fine-grained sediment point to high rates of sedimentation, high turbidity, intermittently lowered oygen values and soft to soupy substrate conditions.
• Argillaceous-marly sediments. Fossils were collected from marls.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Berndt. 1998. Das Makrobenthos der Causses (Südfrankreich): Palökologie einer mittel- bis oberliassischen Mergelfolge. [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51608: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 09.06.2005, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Spiriferina sp. d'Orbigny 1847
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Gibbirhynchia amalthei Quenstedt 1852
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
"Zeilleria (Cincta) numismalis" = Cincta numismalis
"Zeilleria (Cincta) numismalis" = Cincta numismalis Lamarck 1819
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
"Mesosaccella galatea" = Palaeoneilo galatea
"Mesosaccella galatea" = Palaeoneilo galatea d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Ryderia) doris d'Orbigny 1849 pointed nut clam
"Dacryomya lacryma" = Leda lacryma Sowerby 1824 pointed nut clam
Nuculana zieteni Brauns 1871 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula hammeri Defrance 1825 nut clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia (Bakevellia) sp. King 1848 oyster
sp. B
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Pseudolimea acuticostata" = Limea acuticostata
"Pseudolimea acuticostata" = Limea acuticostata Münster 1836 file clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula spinosa Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Parvamussium pumilum Lamarck 1819 mud scallop
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Pseudomytiloides dubius" = Parainoceramya dubia
"Pseudomytiloides dubius" = Parainoceramya dubia Sowerby 1826 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Grammatodon (Grammatodon) concinnus" = Grammatodon concinnus
"Grammatodon (Grammatodon) concinnus" = Grammatodon concinnus Phillips 1829 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella (Nicaniella) voltzi Honighaus 1836 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
Procerithium sp. Cossmann 1902 snail
sp. B
 Cerithioidea - Cryptaulacidae
"Cryptaulax (Xystrella) armata" = Cryptaulax armatum
"Cryptaulax (Xystrella) armata" = Cryptaulax armatum Goldfuss 1843 snail
 Trochoidea - Nododelphinulidae
"Amphitrochus subduplicatus" = Costatrochus subduplicatus
"Amphitrochus subduplicatus" = Costatrochus subduplicatus d'Orbigny 1850 snail
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Amberleya sp. Morris and Lycett 1851 snail
Amberleya (Eucyclus) subimbricata d'Orbigny 1850 snail
"Amberleya (Eucyclus) capitanea" = Ambercyclus capitaneus Munster 1844 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826 snail
 Ptychomphaloidea - Ptychomphalidae
Ptychomphalus expansus Sowerby 1821 snail