Where: Poitou-Charentes, France (45.9° N, 0.7° W: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 1.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• "Cénomanien basal"; from subunits B1c1-3 and B1c1-4
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; sandy limestone and lithified, white limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
Primary reference: R. Vullo, D. Néraudeau, and B. Videt. 2003. Un faciès de type falun dans le Cénomanien basal de Charente-Maritime (France). Annales de Paléontologie 89(3):171-189 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 73862: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.07.2007, edited by Matthew Carrano, Matthew Clapham and Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Foraminifera | |
Orbitolina concava Lamarck 1816 | |
Anthozoa | |
"Ellipsosmilia cornucopia" = Trochosmilia (Ellipsosmilia)
"Ellipsosmilia cornucopia" = Trochosmilia (Ellipsosmilia) stony coral | |
Asteroidea | |
Astropectinidae indet. Gray 1840 sea star | |
Comptonia sp. Gray 1840 sea star
Spenceraster rugosus Spencer 1907 sea star
Caletaster romani Breton 1988 sea star | |
Echinoidea | |
Goniopygus menardi Desmarest in Defrance 1925 sea urchin | |
Echinogalerus rostratus sea urchin | |
Coptodiscus mengaudi sea urchin
Coenholectypus excisus Desor 1847 sea urchin | |
Anorthopygus orbicularis de Grateloup 1836 sea urchin | |
Pygurus lampas de la Beche 1833 sea urchin | |
Archiacia santonensis sea urchin
Archiacia gigantea sea urchin | |
Catopygus colombarius sea urchin
Nucleopygus similis d'Orbigny 1856 sea urchin | |
Periaster undulatus heart urchin | |
Pygaster truncatus sea urchin | |
Hyposalenia acanthoides sea urchin | |
Tetragramma variolare Brongniart 1822 sea urchin | |
Poriocidaris cenomanensis pencil urchin | |
Actinopteri | |
? Stephanodus sp. Zittel 1883 | |
Protosphyraena sp. Leidy 1857 | |
Pycnodontiformes indet. Berg 1937 | |
Amphibia | |
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Mammalia | |
Arcantiodelphys marchandi n. gen. n. sp.3
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Reptilia | |
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Simoliophis rochebrunei Sauvage 1880 snake | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
"Carcharias amonensis" = Haimirichia amonensis
"Carcharias amonensis" = Haimirichia amonensis Cappetta and Case 1975 mackerel shark | |
"Cenocarcharias tenuiplicatus" = Eostriatolamia tenuiplicatus2
"Cenocarcharias tenuiplicatus" = Eostriatolamia tenuiplicatus2 Cappetta and Case 1975 sand tiger shark | |
Squalicorax sp. Whitley 1939 crow shark | |
Scapanorhynchus minimus Landemaine 1991 goblin shark | |
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Archingeayia sistaci n. gen. n. sp.2
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? Micropristis sp. Cappetta 1980 ray
Onchopristis dunklei McNulty and Slaughter 1962 ray | |
Ptychotrygonoides pouiti Landemaine 1991 ray
Ptychotrygon sp. Jaekel 1894 ray | |
Turoniabatis cappettai Landemaine 1991 guitarfish
Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi Thurmond 1971 guitarfish | |
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Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
Tribodus morlati Landemaine 1991 elasmobranch | |
Gastropoda | |
"Harpagodes incerta" = Harpagodes nodosus
"Harpagodes incerta" = Harpagodes nodosus Sowerby 1823 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster | |
Rastellum carinatum Lamarck 1806 oyster | |
Ichthyosarcolites triangularis Desmarest 1822 rudist | |
Praeradiolites fleuriaui rudist
Sphaerulites foliaceus Lamarck 1819 rudist | |
Granocardium cf. productum Sowerby 1832 cockle | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Terebratula biplicata" = Nucleatina biplicata
"Terebratula biplicata" = Nucleatina biplicata Sowerby 1812 | |
Cyclothyris compressa Valenciennes 1819 | |
Stenolaemata | |