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Oolithe miliaire, France

Formation	Oolithe miliaire
Age:	168 - 165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Interval	Early Bathonian
Lithology	grainstone, "limestone"
Number of Collections	8
Number of Occurrences	63

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Champlin	Ardennes, Grand Est, France	Oolithe miliaire
Gruyeres	Ardennes, Grand Est, France	Oolithe miliaire
Hirson	Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France	Oolithe miliaire
Hocmont	Ardennes, Grand Est, France	Oolithe miliaire
Logny-Bogny	Ardennes, Grand Est, France	Oolithe miliaire
Raucourt-et-Flaba	Ardennes, Grand Est, France	Oolithe miliaire
Yvernaumont	Ardennes, Grand Est, France	Oolithe miliaire
Sapogne-et-Feuchères quarry	Ardennes, Grand Est, France	Oolithe miliaire

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Calcaires marneux inferieurs	168 - 165 Ma Middle Jurassic	marl, marl/chalk	133
Calcaires marno-crayeux inferieurs	168 - 165 Ma Middle Jurassic	marl/chalk	97
Calcaires marno-crayeux superieurs	168 - 165 Ma Middle Jurassic	marl/chalk	139
Calcaires pseudo-oolithiques inferieurs	168 - 165 Ma Middle Jurassic	packstone	106
Calcaires pseudo-oolithiques superieurs	168 - 165 Ma Middle Jurassic	packstone	206

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Cetiosaurus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Cetiosauridae : *Cetiosaurus*	167.7 - 164.7 Ma Middle Jurassic
Parallelodon hirsonensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Parallelodontidae : Parallelodon : *Parallelodon hirsonensis*	167.7 - 164.7 Ma Middle Jurassic
Protocardia stricklandi species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Cardiidae : Protocardia : *Protocardia stricklandi*	167.7 - 164.7 Ma Middle Jurassic
Opis (Coelopis) pulchella species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Astartidae : Opis : *Opis (Coelopis) pulchella*	167.7 - 164.7 Ma Middle Jurassic
Cavilucina (Mesomiltha) orbignyana species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Cavilucina : *Cavilucina (Mesomiltha) orbignyana*	167.7 - 164.7 Ma Middle Jurassic
Lithophaga fabella species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Lithophaga : *Lithophaga fabella*	167.7 - 164.7 Ma Middle Jurassic
Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Nanogyra : *Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana*	167.7 - 164.7 Ma Middle Jurassic
Lopha costata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Lopha : *Lopha costata*	167.7 - 164.7 Ma Middle Jurassic
Ostrea (Liostrea) acuminata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ostrea : *Ostrea (Liostrea) acuminata*	167.7 - 164.7 Ma Middle Jurassic
Ostrea (Liostrea) hebridica species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ostrea : *Ostrea (Liostrea) hebridica*	167.7 - 164.7 Ma Middle Jurassic
Pteroperna asinusoides species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pteriidae : Pteroperna : *Pteroperna asinusoides*	167.7 - 164.7 Ma Middle Jurassic
Lima (Plagiostoma) bognyensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Limidae : Plagiostoma : *Lima (Plagiostoma) bognyensis*	167.7 - 164.7 Ma Middle Jurassic
Lima (Plagiostoma) hellica species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Limidae : Plagiostoma : *Lima (Plagiostoma) hellica*	167.7 - 164.7 Ma Middle Jurassic
Limatula cerealis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Limida : Limidae : Limatula : *Limatula cerealis*	167.7 - 164.7 Ma Middle Jurassic
Pseudolimea duplicata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Limida : Limidae : Pseudolimea : *Pseudolimea duplicata*	167.7 - 164.7 Ma Middle Jurassic
Meleagrinella echinata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Oxytomidae : Meleagrinella : *Meleagrinella echinata*	167.7 - 164.7 Ma Middle Jurassic
Ceratomya concentrica species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Ceratomyidae : Ceratomya : *Ceratomya concentrica*	167.7 - 164.7 Ma Middle Jurassic
Vaugonia detrita species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Myophorellidae : Vaugonia : *Vaugonia detrita*	167.7 - 164.7 Ma Middle Jurassic
Trigonia pullus species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Trigoniidae : Trigonia : *Trigonia pullus*	167.7 - 164.7 Ma Middle Jurassic

References

Fischer J. -C. (1969) Geologie, Paleontologie et Paleoecologie du Bathonien au sud-ouest du Massif Ardennais, Memoires du Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie C, Sciences de la terre 20, 1-319

Buffetaut E., Gibout B., et al (2011) The sauropod dinosaur Cetiosaurus OWEN in the Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) of the Ardennes (NE France): insular, but not dwarf, Carnets de Géologie/Notebooks on Geology 2011/06, 149-161

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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