Cardesse (Cretaceous of France)

Also known as Mosasaur locality

Where: France (44.0° N, 0.6° W: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 0.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Marnes de Nay Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Gaudry. 1892. Les pythonomorphes de France. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France, Paléontologie 10:1-13 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 141942: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 03.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
"Liodon mosasauroides n. sp." = Prognathodon mosasauroides
"Liodon mosasauroides n. sp." = Prognathodon mosasauroides Gaudry 1892 mosasaur
MNHN 1891-14, partial skull