Le Mas quarry (D) (Cretaceous of France)

Also known as Angoulème

Where: Poitou-Charentes, France (45.6° N, 0.0° E: paleocoordinates 34.4° N, 2.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• D subunit

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; mudstone

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: R. Vullo, J.-C. Rage, and D. Neraudeau. 2011. Anuran and squamate remains from the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Charentes, western France. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(2):279-291 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 110466: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.06.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Aigialosauridae
Carentonosaurus mineaui Rage and NĂ©raudeau 2004 squamates
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes -
Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi Thurmond 1971 guitarfish
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Cenocarcharias rochbrunei Sauvage 1880 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Cretolamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata
"Cretolamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax baharijensis Stromer 1927 crow shark
 Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Cretodus semiplicatus Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark
Protolamna sp. Cappetta 1980 mackerel shark