Chay Peninsula, La Rochelle, France: Early/Lower Kimmeridgian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cyanophyceae
- Garwoodiaceae
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Bacinella sp.
Radoicic 1959
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unclassified
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Lithocodium sp.
Elliott 1956
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Ammodiscidae
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Tolypammina sp.
Rhumbler 1895
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Nodosariata
- Polymorphinida
- Polymorphinidae
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Bullopora sp.
Quenstedt 1856
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Thaumatoporellales
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Thaumatoporella sp.
Pia 1927
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Polychaeta
- Terebellomorpha
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Terebella sp.
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpulidae indet.
Rafinesque 1835
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostreidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Rhynchonellata
- Thecideida
- Thecideidae
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Thecideidae indet.
Gray 1840
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Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Diastoporidae
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"Berenicea" sp.
Lamouroux 1821
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Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Stomatoporidae
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Stomatopora sp.
Bronn 1825
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Stylinidae
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Stylosmilia sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Heliocoenia sp.
Etallon 1859
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Stylina sp.
Lamarck 1816
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Microsolenidae
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Microsolena sp.
Lamouroux 1821
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dermosmiliidae
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Calamophylliopsis sp.
Alloiteau 1952
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Actinastreidae
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Actinastrea sp.
d'Orbigny 1849
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Hydrozoa
- Nigriporellidae
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Tubiphytes sp.
Maslov 1956
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unclassified
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Porifera indet.
Grant 1836
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Wetheredellidae
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Koskinobullina sp.
Cherchi and Schroeder 1979
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Geography
Country: | France |
Coordinates: | 46.1° North, 1.1° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 36.8° North, 9.0° East |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
*Period: | Late/Upper Jurassic | ||
*International age/stage: | Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | ||
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | Zone: | Cymodoce |
Age range of interval: | 154.80000 - 152.20000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Chay | Local bed: | 1 |
Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "reef rocks" |
Lithology description: First reefal unit | |
Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Bioerosion: | frequent |
Encrustation: | extreme |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | peel or thin section,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Reef 1142 | ||
Database number: | 32017 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2003-05-31 11:31:01 | Last modified: | 2003-05-31 14:47:01 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-05-31 11:31:01 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
8589. | N. Olivier, P. Hantzpergue, C. Gaillard, B. Pittet, R. Leinfelder, D.U. Schmid, and W. Werner. 2003. Microbialite morphology, structure and growth: a model of the Upper Jurassic reefs of the Chay Peninsula (Western France). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 193(3-4):383-404 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |