Le Jadet quarry, Petites Pyrénées, Haute-Garonne: Maastrichtian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
cf. Enchodus faujasi (Agassiz 1843)
Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Dipsacaster jadeti n. sp. Breton et al. 1995
1 specimen
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra pyrenaica Leymerie 1851
recombined as Amphidonte (Amphidonte) pyrenaicum
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Alectryonia larva (Lamarck 1819)
synonym of Agerostrea ungulatus
Asteriacitidae
Asteriacites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
see common names

Geography
Country:France County:Haute-Garonne
Coordinates: 43.2° North, 0.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.0° North, 1.1° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:414 meters
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Calcaire Nankin Member:Calcarénites du Jadet
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:"cross stratification",yellow lithified sandy grainstone
Secondary lithology:red poorly lithified mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Glacial or sequence phase:transgressive
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Associated major elements:all
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Collection size:1 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:59763
Authorizer:L. Villier Enterer:L. Villier
Modifier:L. Villier Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-04-11 04:21:34 Last modified:2010-11-09 06:38:23
Access level:the public Released:2006-04-11 04:21:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
17108. G. Breton, M. Bilotte, and G. Sigro. 1995. Dipsacaster jadeti sp. nov. Astropectinidae (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) du Maastrichtien des Petites Pyrénées (France). Bulletin Trimestriel de la Société géologique de Normandie et des Amis du Muséum du Havre 82(4):35-42 [L. Villier/L. Villier]