Echinoderms, Renggeri-Ton, Chapois, Jura (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (46.8° N, 6.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 30.0° N, 22.0° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Renggeri-Ton Formation, Early/Lower Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified claystone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: replaced with pyrite

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: H. Hess. 1965. Mikropaläontologische Untersuchungen an Ophiuren. IV. Die Ophiuren aus dem Renggeri-Ton (Unter-Oxford) von Chapois (Jura) und Longecombe (Ain). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 58(2):1059-1082 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 61718: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 23.06.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Balanocrinus pentagonalis
Balanocrinus pentagonalis Goldfuss 1831 Sea lily
Asteroidea
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Asteroidea indet.
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830 sea star
Ophiuroidea
 Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae
Ophiomusium sp., Ophiomusium cf. gagnebini
Ophiomusium sp. Lyman 1869 brittle star
7 lateral plates
Ophiomusium cf. gagnebini Thurmann 1851 brittle star
51 lateral plates
 Ophiurida - Aplocomidae
Sinosura wolburgi, ? Ophiopetra oertlii n. sp.
Sinosura wolburgi Hess 1960 brittle star
41 lateral plates
? Ophiopetra oertlii n. sp. Hess 1965 brittle star
48 lateral plates
 Ophiacanthida - Ophiacanthidae
? Ophiacantha suprajurassica n. sp.
? Ophiacantha suprajurassica n. sp. Hess 1965 brittle star
41 lateral plates
 Amphilepidida - Ophiopholidae
? Ophiopholis trispinosa n. sp.
? Ophiopholis trispinosa n. sp. Hess 1965 brittle star
7 lateral plates
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherella index
 Podocopida - Pontocyprididae
Pontocyprella suprajurassica
Pontocyprella suprajurassica Oertli 1959 ostracod
 Podocopida - Candonidae
Paracypris sp.
Paracypris sp. Sars 1866 ostracod
 Podocopida - Progonocytheridae
Procytheridea gublerae
 Podocopida - Cytheridae
Lophocythere cruciata
 Podocopida - Bythocytheridae
Monoceratina scrobiculata, Monoceratina sp.
Monoceratina sp. Roth 1928 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia sp.
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Foraminifera
 Spirillinina - Spirillinidae
Spirillina tenuissima
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Ammobaculites aequale, Ammobaculites cf. helvetojurassicus, ? Textularia sp.
? Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
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"Marginulina sp." = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina sp." = Cristellaria (Marginulina) d'Orbigny 1826
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
? Palmula sp., Lenticulina brueckmanni, Lenticulina quenstedti
? Palmula sp. Lea 1833
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Dentalina sp., Planularia tricarinella, Nodosaria sp.
Dentalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Eoguttulina oolithica, Ramulina cf. spandeli
 Robertinida - Epistominidae
Epistomina parastelligera
Foraminifera
 Trochamminacea - Trochamminidae
Trochammina inflata
Trochammina inflata Montagu 1803
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Ophthalmidium sp., Ophthalmidium cf. carinatum
Ophthalmidium sp. Kübler and Zwingli 1870