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 | |
Echinoidea | |
Gymnocidaris pustulosa Agassiz 1846 sea urchin | |
Psephechinus morieri sea urchin | |
Asteroidea | |
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830 sea star starfish plates [originally entered as "Asteroida indet."]
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Polychaeta | |
"Serpula (Cycloserpula) gordialis" = Glomerula serpentina
"Serpula (Cycloserpula) gordialis" = Glomerula serpentina Schlotheim 1820 | |
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 | |
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel | |
Chlamys (Chlamys) viminea scallop
Spondylus consobrinus scallop | |
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam | |
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Atreta retifera scallop | |
Trichites sp. Lhuyd 1760 oyster | |
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Nanogyra sp. Beurlen 1958 oyster | |
Craniata | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratellidae indet. King 1850 | |
"Eudesia cardium" = Eudesia (Eudesia) cardium, Flabellothyris flabellum
"Eudesia cardium" = Eudesia (Eudesia) cardium Lamarck 1819 | |
Dictyothyris coarctata Parkinson 1811 | |
Terebratulidae indet. Gray 1840 | |
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 | |
Stomatopora dichotomoides d'Orbigny 1850
Stomatopora dichotoma Lamoureux 1821 | |
Ripisoecia conifera Lamoureux 1821 | |
Ceriocava corymbosa Lamoureux 1821 | |
Insecta | |
Neuropora spinosa spongillafly
Neuropora "sp. erect form" Khramov 2019 spongillafly | |
Anthozoa | |
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823 stony coral | |
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 | |
Eudea cribraria, Limnorea mamillosa, Enaulofungia "sp. A", Enaulofungia "sp. B", Enaulofungia "sp. C", Enaulofungia "sp. D", ? Oculospongia sp., "Blastinia ornata" = Astrospongia, Peronidella pistilliformis, Elasmostoma palmatum, "Trachyphlyctia helvelloides" = Diaplectia
Eudea cribraria calcareous sponge
Limnorea mamillosa 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
? Oculospongia sp. Fromentel 1860 calcareous sponge
"Blastinia ornata" = Astrospongia calcareous sponge
Peronidella pistilliformis calcareous sponge
Elasmostoma palmatum calcareous sponge
"Trachyphlyctia helvelloides" = Diaplectia calcareous sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Platychonia magna demosponge |