Sample II 98.0, Tercis-les-Bains: Late/Upper Campanian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudocoracidae
Pseudocorax affinis (Agassiz 1843)
Cappetta and Odin 2001
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Desmophyllites larteti (Seunes 1891)
Courville and Odin 2001
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae
Pseudokossmaticeras sp. Spath 1922
Kennedy and Odin 2001
Pseudokossmaticeras tercense (Seunes 1891)
Kennedy and Odin 2001
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Pachydiscus haldemsis (Schluter 1867)
Courville and Odin 2001
recombined as Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) haldemsis
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Nostoceras cf. approximans (Conrad 1855)
Kennedy and Odin 2001
    = Nostoceras (Nostoceras) approximans Conrad 1855
Küchler and Odin 2001
Nostoceras helicinum (Shumard 1861)
Kennedy and Odin 2001
    = Nostoceras (Nostoceras) hyatti Stephenson 1941
Küchler and Odin 2001
original and current combination Nostoceras hyatti
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mesorhytis granulosa (Favre 1869)
Kollmann and Odin 2001
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: Nostoceras hyatti
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Tercis-les-Bains Local bed:98.0 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: lithified "limestone"
Environment:offshore shelf
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:38811
Authorizer:L. Villier, M. Clapham Enterer:L. Villier, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2004-05-05 02:34:52 Last modified:2020-09-12 23:31:49
Access level:the public Released:2004-05-05 02:34:52
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:

73816 H. Cappetta and G. S. Odin. 2001. Les sélaciens du Campanien-Maastrichtien de Tercis-les-Bains (SO France). Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy 19:645-651 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
73826 P. Courville and G. S. Odin. 2001. Les ammonites spiralées du Campanien et du Maastrichtien de Tercis les Bains (Landes, France). Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy 19:529-549 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
73827 W. J. Kennedy and W. S. Odin. 2001. Report on a preliminary blind test on ammonites collected from Tercis les Bains (Landes, France). Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy 19:478-482 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
10438 H. A. Kollmann and G. S. Odin. 2001. Gastropods from the Upper Cretaceous geological site at Tercis les Bains (SW France). Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy 19:437-451 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Clapham]
73828 T. Küchler and G. S. Odin. 2001. Upper Campanian-Maastrichtian ammonites (Nostoceratidae, Diplomoceratidae) from Tercis les Bains (Landes, France). Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy 19:500-528 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]