Sample III 11.0, Tercis-les-Bains: Late/Upper Campanian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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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 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Local section: | Tercis-les-Bains | Local bed: | 11.0 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: | glauconitic lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | offshore shelf |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 214015 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-09-14 20:47:13 | Last modified: | 2020-09-14 22:10:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-09-14 20:47:13 |
| 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] |