Also known as Reef 454
Where: Normandy, France (48.4° N, 0.6° E: paleocoordinates 39.1° N, 10.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Oxfordian to Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 150.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: L. Beauvais, M. Beauvais, and F. Bourrouilh. 1974. A study of the reef complex of Belleme (Normandy, France). Proceedings of the Second International Coral Reef Symposium 2:639-652 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 23539: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 16.07.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhodophyceae | |
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877 | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Dasycladaceae indet. Kutzing 1843 | |
Foraminifera | |
Pseudocyclammina lituus Yokoyama 1890 | |
Globothalamea | |
"Conicospirillina basiliensis" = Mohlerina basiliensis
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Anthozoa | |
Stylinidae indet. d'Orbigny 1851 stony coral | |
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral | |
Haplaraeidae indet. Vaughan and Wells 1943 stony coral | |
Fungiidae indet. Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Isastraeidae indet. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral | |
Thamnasteria dendroidea Lamouroux 1821 stony coral | |
Polychaeta | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nucula subtrigona" = Nuculoidea corbuliformis
"Nucula subtrigona" = Nuculoidea corbuliformis Hall and Whitfield 1869 nut clam | |
"Ostrea multiformis" = Circunula cotyledon
"Ostrea multiformis" = Circunula cotyledon Contejean 1859 oyster | |
Lima laeviscula file clam | |
Pecten cartieri scallop | |
Cucullaea roederi clam | |
Cardium corallinum Leymerie 1846 cockle | |
"Cyprina royeri" = Arctica
"Cyprina royeri" = Arctica clam | |
Isocardia parvula Roemer 1835 clam | |
Diceras suprajurensis rudist | |
Heterodiceras muensteri rudist | |
Gastropoda | |
Natica cartieri moon snail | |
Bourguetia striata Sowerby 1812 snail | |
? Cerithium grandineum cerith snail
Bittium russiensis cerith snail | |
Trochus minutus top snail | |
Turbo cartieri snail
Turbo daedalus snail | |
Amberleya montaneyensis snail | |
Echinoidea | |
Hemicidaris agassizi sea urchin |