Sample V 133.4, Tercis-les-Bains: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Asteroidea
- Valvatida
- Stauranderasteridae
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? Stauranderaster sp.
Spencer 1907
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Villier 2001 | ||||||
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Crinoidea
- Comatulida
- Bourgueticrinidae
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Bourgueticrinus cf. elegans
Griffith and Brydone 1911
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Jagt and Odin 2001 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Landes |
| Coordinates: | 43.7° North, 1.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.9° North, 0.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Ammonoid zone: | Pachydiscus neubergicus |
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Local section: | Tercis-les-Bains | Local bed: | 133.4 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Les Vignes Unit. Ammonites from the lower part of the unit belong to the topmost Campanian Nostoceras hyatti zone. The base of the Maastrichtian is at 115.2 m in the Les Vignes unit. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified cherty/siliceous "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: | 214178 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-09-18 22:24:08 | Last modified: | 2020-09-18 22:24:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-09-18 22:24:08 |
| 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:
| 10435 | J. W. M. Jagt and G.S. Odin. 2001. Campanian-Maastrichtian crinoids (Echinodermata) from Tercis les Bains (Landes). Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy 19:635-644 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier] | |
| 18491 | L. Villier. 2001. Systématique des astérides (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) de Tercis-les-Bains (Landes, France). Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy 19:582-611 [L. Villier/L. Villier] |