Fumel: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian, France
collected by Fourtau & Mommejà

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Dacosaurus maximus (Sauvage 1871)
recombined as Dakosaurus maximus
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus acutus Agassiz 1836
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Asteracanthus lepidus
    = Asteracanthus aff. lepidus
Sauvage 1902
Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthida - Orthacanthidae
Orthacanthus macer
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae
Ischyodus sp. Egerton 1843
Reptilia
Tropidemys gibba Rütimeyer 1873
synonym of Tropidemys langii
Reptilia - Plesiochelyidae
Plesiochelys aff. hannoverana (Maack 1869)
synonym of Plesiochelys etalloni
Reptilia - Ophthalmosauridae
Ophthalmosaurus sp. Seeley 1874
Sauvage 1902
Reptilia - Ichthyosauridae
Ichthyosaurus sp. Koenig 1818
Reptilia
Machimosaurus hugii (Meyer 1837)
Reptilia - Teleosauridae
Steneosaurus sp. Saint-Hilaire 1825
Reptilia - Metriorhynchidae
Metriorhynchus hastifer (Eudes-Deslongchamps 1868)
Anterior end of a snout
Reptilia
Pterosauria indet. (Kaup 1834)
Sauvage 1902
Reptilia - Plesiosauria
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Gyrodontidae
Gyrodus informal n. sp.
    = Gyrodus oltis n. sp.
Sauvage 1902
Gyrodus informal n. sp.
    = Gyrodus montmejai n. sp.
Sauvage 1902
Gyrodus sp. Agassiz 1833
Sauvage 1902
Gyrodus cuvieri Agassiz 1833
Sauvage 1902
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodontidae indet. (Agassiz 1833)
Sauvage 1902
Athrodon boloniensis Sauvage 1880
Microdon hugii
replaced by Polypsephis
Mesodon affinis
replaced by Typodus
Mesodon informal n. sp.
    = Mesodon combesi n. sp.
Sauvage 1902
replaced by Typodus
Mesodon informal n. sp.
    = Mesodon fourtaui n. sp.
Sauvage 1902
replaced by Typodus
Mesodon lingua n. sp.
Sauvage 1902
replaced by Typodus
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
Lepidotes aff. palliatus
Sauvage 1902
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832
Sauvage 1902
Lepidotes aff. laevis Agassiz 1837
recombined as Scheenstia laevis
Lepidotes maximus Wagner 1863
recombined as Scheenstia maximus
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Caturidae
Caturus informal n. sp.
    = Caturus woodwardi n. sp.
Sauvage 1902
Actinopteri - Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae
Hypsocormus informal n. sp.
    = Hypsocormus combesi n. sp.
Sauvage 1902
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Aquitaine County:Lot-et-Garonne
Coordinates: 44.5° North, 1.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.3° North, 10.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Kimmeridgian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Late/Upper Kimmeridgian Ammonoid zone: Aspidoceras longispinus
Age range of interval:155.70000 - 150.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: zone with Aspidoceras longispinus and Thracia suprajurensis, also ascribed to Autissiodorensis zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified muddy "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "cemented marly limestones"
Environment:offshore ramp
Geology comments: "distal ramp" marine setting
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Fourtau & Mommejà
Metadata
Database number:94532
Authorizer:R. Butler, M. Carrano Enterer:R. Butler, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-02-25 05:45:57 Last modified:2013-06-13 10:55:05
Access level:the public Released:2010-02-25 05:45:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

46679. H.-E. Sauvage. 1900. Les Poissons et les Reptiles du Jurassique supérieur de Fumel (Lot-et-Garonne) [The fishes and reptiles from the Upper Jurassic of Fumel (Lot-et-Garonne)]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 3e série 28:496-499 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

46685 D. R. Grange and M. J. Benton. 1996. Kimmeridgian metriorhynchid crocodiles from England. Palaeontology 39(2):497-514 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]
32157 H. E. Sauvage. 1902. Recherches sur les vertébrés du Kimméridgien supérieur de Fumel (Lot-et-Garonne). Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France, Paléontologie 25:1-32 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
47183 P. Vignaud, F. de Broin, M. Brunet, E. Cariou, P. Hantzpergue and B. Lange-Badre. 1994. Les faunes des vertébrés jurassiques de la bordure nord-orientale du bassin d'Aquitaine (France): biochronologie et environnements [Jurassic vertebrate faunas from the northeastern border of the Aquitaine Basin (France): biochronology and environments]. In E. Carious & P. Hantzpergue (ed.), 3ème Symposium International de Stratigraphie du Jurassique, Poitiers, 22–29 Septembre 1991. Geobios, Mémoire spécial 17:493-503 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]