Normandy VI1 (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (49.3° N, 0.1° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 9.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: cordatum zone, Calcaire a oolithes ferrugineuses Formation, Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: poorly lithified, bioturbated, concretionary, ferruginous, ooidal marl

• marl with nodules of argillaceous micrite with scattered fe-ooids

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich. 1999. Unpublished data. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4856: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 25.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya alduini Brongniart 1821 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Deltoideum delta Smith 1817 oyster
Gryphaea dilatata oyster
Bilobissa
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula elliptica Whiteaves 1861 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Radulopecten fibrosus Sowerby 1816 scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
Lithophaga inclusa Phillips 1829 mussel
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Mesosaccella sp. Chavan 1946 pointed nut clam
[entered as Mesosacella sp.]
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Dorsoserpula sp. Parsch 1956
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
ctenostome
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Nubeculinella sp. Cushman 1930