Ile Crémieu, Pholadomya facies, France (Jurassic of France)

Also known as Reef 2426

Where: France (45.7° N, 5.3° E: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 15.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)

• Laterally equivalent to upper reef level

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, bioturbated marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Lathuilière. 1982. Bioconstructions bajociennes à madréporaires et faciès associés dans l'Ile Crémieu (Jura du Sud; France). Géobios 15:491-504 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34715: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 17.09.2003

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Echinoidea
 Pedinoida - Pedinidae
Hemipedina sp. sea urchin
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Cymatorhynchia sp. Buckman 1917
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
"Bucardiomya sp." = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya)
"Bucardiomya sp." = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) Rollier 1912 clam
Pholadomya (Bucardiomya)
Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite
 Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae
Belemnopsis sp. Bayle 1878 belemnite
Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod
 Podocopida - Pontocyprididae
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Foraminifera
  -
"Marginulina sp." = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina sp." = Cristellaria (Marginulina) d'Orbigny 1826
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Placentulinidae
"Paalzowella" sp.
locally abundant
Foraminifera
 Involutinina - Involutinidae