Villers-sur-Mer (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (49.3° N, 0.0° W: paleocoordinates 39.5° N, 10.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Peltoceras athleta ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by Nicolet

Primary reference: S. Wenz. 1967. Compléments a l'étude des poissons actinoptérygiens du Jurassique français. Cahiers de Paléontologie 1967:1-276 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123348: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Pholidophoriformes - Eurycormidae
Eurycormus grandis Woodward 1889
 Pycnodontiformes - Mesturidae
Mesturus sp. Wagner 1862