Mortagne-sur-Gironde (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (45.0° N, 0.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 1.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• About 110m thick; chalky limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. Bardet. 2012. The mosasaur collections of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle of Paris. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 183(1):35-53 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 141943: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 03.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
"Liodon compressidens" = Prognathodon compressidens
"Liodon compressidens" = Prognathodon compressidens Gaudry 1892 mosasaur
MNHN 1886-5, a poorly preserved jaw fragment with teeth