Where: France (45.0° N, 0.4° E: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 2.1° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Marne glauconieuse du Chateau Member (Craie de Villedieu Formation), Coniacian to Coniacian (89.8 - 83.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: hardground, glauconitic carbonate
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: I. Jarvis, A. Gale, and C. Clayton. 1982. Litho- and biostratigraphical observations on the type sections of the Craie de Villedieu Formation (Upper Cretaceous, western France). Newsletters on Stratigraphy 11(2):64-82 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 3736: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 09.08.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Porifera indet. Grant 1836 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Paratexanites emscheris ammonite
Paratexanites bourgeoisi ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam
Inoceramus digitatus clam
Volviceramus ex gr. involutus Sowerby 1828 clam originally entered as "Volviceramus ex gr. involutus"
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Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Pycnodonte vesicularis, Ceratostreon sp., "Ceratostreon spinosum" = Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) pliciferum
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Ceratostreon sp. Bayle 1878 oyster
"Ceratostreon spinosum" = Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) pliciferum Dujardin 1837 oyster | |
Lopha santonensis oyster | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Cyclothyris vespertilio Brocchi 1814 | |
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Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Onychocella sp. Jullien 1882 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Homoeosolen sp. Lonsdale 1850 | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
"Stereocidaris sp." = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris), Prionocidaris sp.
"Stereocidaris sp." = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) Pomel 1883 pencil urchin
Prionocidaris sp. Agassiz 1863 pencil urchin | |
Micraster turonensis heart urchin
Micraster decipiens heart urchin | |
Epiaster laxoporus heart urchin | |
Phymosoma sp. Haime 1853 sea urchin | |
Asteroidea | |
Metopaster sp. Sladen 1893 sea star | |
Thalassinoides sp. Ehrenberg 1944 |