Cordebugle, Lisieux: Late/Upper Oxfordian, France
collected by C. Milsent, M. Bülow, Université Paris-VI

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Plesiosauria
Plesiosauria indet. de Blainville 1835
Reptilia
? Camarasauridae indet. Cope 1877
1 specimen
    = Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878
Weishampel et al. 2004
Megalosauridae indet. (Fitzinger 1843)
    = Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
Carrano et al. 2012
Reptilia - Pterosauria
Pterosauria indet. Kaup 1834
Hollow bones and teeth
Reptilia
Pterodactyloidea indet. Plieninger 1901
Buffetaut and Guibert 2001 1 specimen
Left fourth metacarpal
Machimosaurus hugii (Meyer 1837)
Reptilia - Teleosauridae
Steneosaurus jugleri
Reptilia - Sphenodontidae
? Sphenodontidae indet. Cope 1871
1 specimen
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Reptilia
Durotrigia cf. triconidens Hoffstetter 1967
1 specimen
Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii indet. Cope 1887
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832
Lepidotes macrocheirus
1 specimen
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Caturidae
Caturus sp. Agassiz 1834
Caturus cf. driani
1 specimen
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Eotrigonodontidae
Stephanodus sp. Zittel 1883
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Microdon sp. Agassiz 1833
replaced by Polypsephis
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
Polyacrodus sp. Jaekel 1889
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus basanus Egerton 1845
recombined as Egertonodus basanus
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834
Chondrichthyes - Selachii
Selachii indet.
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
? Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes
Chimaeriformes indet. Obruchev 1953
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Basse-Normandie County:Calvados
Coordinates: 49.1° North, 0.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.8° North, 10.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Oxfordian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Late/Upper Oxfordian
Age range of interval:161.20000 - 155.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sables de Glos
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: upper part of formation; upper subzone (Regulare) of the Serratum zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary,ferruginous conglomeratic sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "thick sandy beds" with reworked blocks from layer below (sands, ferruginous nodules, lignite fragments)
Environment:coarse channel fill
Glacial or sequence phase:regressive
Geology comments: upper Sables de Glos infills a channel cut into the lower Sables de Glos; possibly deltaic channels
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:variable
Abundance in sediment:abundant
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Fragmentation:frequent
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:C. Milsent, M. Bülow, Université Paris-VI
Metadata
Database number:74916
Authorizer:M. Carrano, R. Butler Enterer:M. Carrano, R. Butler
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-09-05 14:17:15 Last modified:2013-03-12 13:03:00
Access level:the public Released:2007-09-05 14:17:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

25267.ETE E. Buffetaut, M. Bülow, E., J.-J. Jaeger, M. Martin, J.-M. Mazin, C. Milsent and M. Rioult. 1985. Zonation biostratigraphique et nouveaux restes de Vertébrés dans les "Sables de Glos" (Oxfordien supérieur, Normandie) [Biostratigraphic zonation and new vertebrate remains in the "Sables de Glos" (upper Oxfordian, Normandy)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Série II 300(18):929-932 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

45554 E. Buffetaut, G. Cuny, and J. Le Loeuff. 1991. French dinosaurs: the best record in Europe?. Modern Geology 16:17-42 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
31033 E. Buffetaut and J.-P. Guibert. 2001. An early pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Oxfordian of Normandy (northwestern France). Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences: Series IIA, Earth and Planetary Science 333:405-409 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]
41617 M. T. Carrano, R. B. J. Benson, and S. D. Sampson. 2012. The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(2):211-300 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
30134 F. Knoll and A. Bouveur. 2001. A large pterodactyloid in northern France and a review of the French pterosaur record. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 172:447-454 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
23520ETE D. B. Weishampel, P. M. Barrett, R. A. Coria, J. Le Loeuff, X. Xu, X. Zhao, A. Sahni, E. M. P. Gomani, and C. R. Noto. 2004. Dinosaur distribution. In D. B. Weishampel, H. Osmolska, and P. Dodson (eds.), The Dinosauria (2nd edition). University of California Press, Berkeley 517-606 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]