Sample II 25.5, Tercis-les-Bains: Late/Upper Campanian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Endocostea pteroides
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Odin and Dhondt 2001 | ||||||
spelled with current rank as Inoceramus (Endocostea) | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | France | State/province: | Landes |
Coordinates: | 43.7° North, 1.1° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.9° North, 1.4° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | Ammonoid zone: | Bostrychoceras polyplocum |
Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Local section: | Terces-les-Bains | Local bed: | 25.5 m | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: D'Avenac Unit. Oldest ammonites from the base of the d'Avenac unit include Hoplitoplacenticeras dolbergense and small heteromorphs of the genus Pseudoxybeloceras, indicating a Late Campanian age for the unit. The base of the Maastrichtian is at 115.2 m in the overlying Les Vignes unit. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
Environment: | offshore shelf |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 213832 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2020-09-12 20:22:13 | Last modified: | 2020-09-12 21:42:24 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-09-12 20:22:13 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
10432. | G. S. Odin. 2001. The Campanian-Maastrichtian stage boundary. Development in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy 19:1-881 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
10440 | G. S. Odin and A. V. Dhondt. 2001. Inoceramid bivalves in the Campanian-Maastrichtian of Tercis les Bains (Landes, France). Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy 19:452-461 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Clapham] |