Composition and paleoecology of the mid-Jurassic bony fish assemblage of the Vaches Noires cliffs (Normandy, France)
Simon Beaufils, Romain Vullo, Damien Gendry, Laurent Picot, Lionel Cavin, Leon Claessens, Leon Claessens, Leon Claessens, Leon Claessens · 2026
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Description
Simon Beaufils and colleagues published a 2026 overview of the bony fish fossils from the Vaches Noires cliffs in Normandy, France. The cliffs hold a mid-Jurassic, Callovian assemblage that collectors have gathered for more than two centuries.
Working from isolated remains in public collections, the team lists a coelacanth, filter-feeding and fast-swimming pachycormids, gar relatives, and pycnodonts known from isolated jaws and vomers. For each kind they estimate body size and feeding level by comparison with living analogues. They also set the assemblage beside other Jurassic fish faunas to trace wider patterns in bony fish diversity. The paper gives this classic site its first full bony fish inventory.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Simon Beaufils, Romain Vullo, Damien Gendry, Laurent Picot, Lionel Cavin, Leon Claessens, Leon Claessens, Leon Claessens, Leon Claessens |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 125 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |