Where: France (49.7° N, 4.9° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 12.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Davoei ammonoid zone, Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal shale and poorly lithified claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: sieve,
Primary reference: B. Thuy. 2011. Exceptionally well-preserved brittle stars from the Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) of the French Ardennes. Palaeontology 54(1):215-233 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 106348: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 11.03.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Balanocrinus gracilis Sea lily | |
Asteroidea | |
Tropidaster pectinatus Forbes 1850 sea star
Plumaster sp. Wright 1863 sea star | |
Ophiuroidea | |
Inexpectacantha acrobatica n. sp.
Inexpectacantha acrobatica n. sp. Thuy 2011 brittle star | |
Palaeocoma milleri Phillips 1829 brittle star | |
Sinosura brodiei Wright 1866 brittle star | |
Ophiomusium sp. Lyman 1869 brittle star
Ophiomusium murravii Forbes 1843 brittle star | |
? Ophiura astonensis Hess 1964 brittle star
Eirenura papillata n. sp. Thuy 2011 brittle star | |
Holothuroidea | |
Binoculites jurassica Frizzell and Exline 1955 sea cucumber | |
Achistrum cf. monochordatum sea cucumber | |
Echinoidea | |
Eodiadema sp. sea urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Cephalopoda | |
Prodactylioceras davoei Sowerby 1822 ammonite | |
Androgynoceras sp. Hyatt 1867 ammonite
Amaltheus sp. de Montfort 1808 ammonite |