Fontenoille, Luxembourg: Liasicus, Belgium

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Arietitidae
Alsatites laqueus (Quenstedt 1856)
ssp. francus
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Schlotheimiidae
Schlotheimia angulata (Schlotheim 1820)
ssp. densicostata
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Passaloteuthididae
Schwegleria sp. Riegraf 1980
Schwegleria cf. psilonoti (Schwegler 1939)
Schwegleria cf. feifeli (Schwegler 1939)
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
cf. Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea dumortieri Joly 1907
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limea sp. Bronn 1831
Plagiostoma gigantea Sowerby 1814
corrected as Plagiostoma giganteum
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys textoria (Schlotheim 1820)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Cardiniidae
Cardinia cf. elliptica
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
? Rhynchonella cf. griffitica
Reptilia - Sphenodontidae
Sphenodontidae indet. Cope 1871
Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii indet. Cope 1887
Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
cf. Tetragonolepis sp. Bronn 1830
Actinopteri - Dapediidae
Dapedium sp. Leach 1822
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Eomesodon liassicus (Egerton 1854)
recombined as Mesodon liassicus
Actinopteri - Peltopleuriformes - Peltopleuridae
cf. Platysiagum sp. Woodward 1895
Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae
cf. Ptycholepis sp. Agassiz 1832
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus sp. Woodward 1888
Synechodus streitzi n. sp. Delsate et al. 2002
Synechodus paludinensis n. sp. Delsate et al. 2002
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus reticulatus Agassiz 1837
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes
Lissodus sp. Brough 1935
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
Polyacrodus sp. Jaekel 1889
Chondrichthyes - Squalorajiformes - Squalorajidae
Squaloraja polyspondyla (Agassiz 1836)
Asteroidea - Asteriidae
cf. Asterias sp. Linnaeus 1758
Asteroidea - Zorocallida
cf. Terminaster sp. Hess 1974
Echinoidea - Pedinoida - Pedinidae
cf. Diademopsis sp.
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaridae indet. Gray 1825
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Trocharea sp. Etallon 1864
unclassified
Kulindrichnus sp. Hallam 1960
see common names

Geography
Country:Belgium State/province:Luxembourg
Coordinates: 49.7° North, 5.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.8° North, 7.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Hettangian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 1
Key time interval:Liasicus
Age range of interval:201.40000 - 199.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Marnes de Jamoigne
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: A. liasicus Zone, Middle Hettangian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified marl
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Bed b : 1,5 m Greyish to blue Marls (b1) with thin yellow grey limestone intercalations (b2) at about 1 m from the top Bed c : Decimetric limestone lumachelle horizon (c1), with fractures and greyish marl (c2) in the cracks between the blocks. The marly intercalations yielded most of the vertebrate remains described here, with the exception of the larger sharks teeth which were obtained from the lumachelle horizon.
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:40087
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-06-17 05:05:40 Last modified:2021-04-19 11:30:49
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-17 05:05:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10866. D. Delsate, C. J. Duffin, and R. Weis. 2002. A new microvertebrate fauna from the Middle Hettangian (Early Jurassic) of Fontenoille (Province of Luxembourg, south Belgium). Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Belgium 48:3-83 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]