Wimille cliff (Jurassic of France)

Also known as Boulonnais, Boulogne-sur-mer

Where: Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50.7° N, 1.6° E: paleocoordinates 41.6° N, 11.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• "upper Portlandian"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; ferruginous sandstone

• "sables ferrugineux"

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by de la Moussaye

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: G. de la Moussaye. 1884. Sur une dent de Neosodon trouvée dans les sables ferrugineux de Wimille [On a tooth of Neosodon found in the ferruginous sandstone of Wimille]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 3e série 13:51-54 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144342: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.05.2013

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
biconcave vertebra
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp.
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
dorsal spine
Actinopteri
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodus sp.
Pycnodus sp. Agassiz 1833
teeth
Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Neosodon sp. n. gen.
Neosodon sp. n. gen. de la Moussaye 1884 sauropod
tooth
 Loricata - Goniopholididae
Goniopholis undidens n. sp.
Goniopholis undidens n. sp. de la Moussaye 1884 crocodilian
tooth
 Loricata - Teleosauridae
Teleosauridae indet.
Teleosauridae indet. Geoffroy 1831 marine crocodile
tooth
 Loricata -
"Machimosaurus interruptus" = Machimosaurus hugii
"Machimosaurus interruptus" = Machimosaurus hugii Meyer 1837 marine crocodile
"or Goniopholis"
 Plesiosauria -
Plesiosauria indet.
Plesiosauria indet. de Blainville 1835 plesiosaur
tooth