Normandy MC-reef (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (48.6° N, 0.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 31.2° N, 17.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: parandieri zone, Coral Rag de Trouville Formation, Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; shelly/skeletal wackestone

• biomicrite with much shell debris

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich. 1999. Unpublished data. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4854: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 25.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga inclusa
Lithophaga inclusa Phillips 1829 mussel
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana, Liostrea sp.
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon sp.
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma mutabile, Plagiostoma zonatum, Acesta subantiquata
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon concinnus
Grammatodon concinnus Phillips 1829 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Isocyprina sp.
Isocyprina sp. Röder 1882 clam
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet., Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
1
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
2
 Trochoidea - Ataphridae
Ataphrus sp.
Ataphrus sp. Gabb 1869 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
Procerithium sp., Procerithium sp.
Procerithium sp. Cossmann 1902 snail
1
Procerithium sp. Cossmann 1902 snail
2
 Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
Purpuroidea indet.
Purpuroidea indet. Lycett 1848 periwinkle
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Littorina muricata
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
Coelostylina sp.
Coelostylina sp. Kittl 1894 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina sp.
Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822 snail
 Heterostropha - Nerinellidae
Nerinella sp.
Nerinella sp. Sharpe 1849 snail
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea sp.
Nerinea sp. Deshayes 1827 snail
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris sp.
Cidaris sp. Leske 1778 pencil urchin
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Rhabdophyllia sp.
Rhabdophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
fragments
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria sp.
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823 stony coral
fragments