Belleme, Normandy, France (Jurassic to of France)

Also known as Reef 454

Where: Normandy, France (48.4° N, 0.6° E: paleocoordinates 39.1° N, 10.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Oxfordian to Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 150.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

• Mud bank rather than reef. Thamnasteria dendroidea is strongly dominant reef builder.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Beauvais, M. Beauvais, and F. Bourrouilh. 1974. A study of the reef complex of Belleme (Normandy, France). Proceedings of the Second International Coral Reef Symposium 2:639-652 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23539: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 16.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
"Conicospirillina basiliensis" = Mohlerina basiliensis
"Conicospirillina basiliensis" = Mohlerina basiliensis Mohler 1938
Conicospiralina basiliensis
Foraminifera
 Loftusiacea - Cyclamminidae
 Loftusiacea - Hottingeritidae
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Dasycladaceae indet. Kutzing 1843
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Haplaraeidae indet. Vaughan and Wells 1943 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungiidae indet. Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Isastraeidae
Isastraeidae indet. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylinidae indet. d'Orbigny 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria dendroidea Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus minutus top snail
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium russiensis cerith snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Bourguetia striata Sowerby 1812 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica cartieri moon snail
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima laeviscula file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea multiformis" = Circunula cotyledon
"Ostrea multiformis" = Circunula cotyledon Contejean 1859 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus pectinatus Sowerby 1821 mussel
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Hippuritida - Epidiceratidae
 Hippuritida - Diceratidae
 Cardiida - Glossidae
Isocardia parvula Roemer 1835 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
"Cyprina royeri" = Arctica
"Cyprina royeri" = Arctica clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium corallinum Leymerie 1846 cockle
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula subtrigona" = Nuculoidea corbuliformis
"Nucula subtrigona" = Nuculoidea corbuliformis Hall and Whitfield 1869 nut clam
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
 Terebellomorpha -
Echinoidea
 Euechinoidea - Hemicidaridae