Ottange-Rumelange quarry (level IV/12) (Jurassic of France)

Where: Grand Est, France (49.5° N, 6.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.1° N, 15.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Stephanoceras humphriesianum ammonoid zone, Marnes sableuses d'Audun-le-Tiche Formation, Early/Lower Bajocian (171.6 - 168.4 Ma)

• Marnes sableuses d'Audun-le-Tiche. Teeth primarily come from bed 12 in level 4.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by G. Felten & R. Felten

Collection methods: salvage, quarrying, surface (in situ),

• Repository: Musée national d'histoire naturelle de Luxembourg

Primary reference: D. Delsate and R. Felten. 2015. Chondrichthyens et Actinoptérygiens du Bajocien inférieur du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg et des régions frontalières. Ferrantia 71:9-38 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179498: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.06.2016, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Actinopterygii -
Actinopterygii indet. ray-finned fish
Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
? Ankylosauria indet. Osborn 1923 ankylosaur
MNHL BM766, osteoderm
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes -
Lissodus sp. Brough 1935 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
"Polyacrodus" sp. Jaekel 1889 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
? Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Acrodus sp. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Paracestracion sp. Koken in Zittel 1911 bullhead shark
 Hexanchiformes - Pseudonotidanidae
Pseudonotidanus sp. Underwood and Ward 2004 elasmobranch
 Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
aff. Palaeobrachaelurus sp. Thies 1983 carpet shark
aff. Palaeobrachaelurus mussetti Underwood and Ward 2004 carpet shark
 Euselachii - Protospinacidae
Protospinax magnus Underwood and Ward 2004 elasmobranch
Protospinax bilobatus Underwood and Ward 2004 elasmobranch
 Euselachii -
Synechodontiformes indet. Duffin and Ward 1993 elasmobranch
 Synechodontiformes - Orthacodontidae
Sphenodus cf. longidens Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch
 Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus cf. duffini Underwood and Ward 2004 elasmobranch
Synechodus levis Woodward 1889 elasmobranch
 Synechodontiformes - Paraorthacodontidae
Paraorthacodus sp. Glikman 1957 elasmobranch
 Chimaeriformes - Callorhinchidae
Callorhinchidae indet. Garman 1901 plownose chimaera