Montaubert, Le Wast (Jurassic of France)

Also known as Boulonnais

Where: Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50.7° N, 1.8° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 11.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kosmoceras jason ammonoid zone, Argiles de Montaubert Formation, Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; claystone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: H.-E. Sauvage. 1914. Catalogue des Reptiles Jurassiques du Boulonnais [Catalogue of Jurassic reptiles from the Boulonnais]. Bulletin de la société Academique de l'Arrondissement de Boulogne-sur-Mer 10:253-264 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 144756: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 17.05.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
"Pliosaurus ferox" = Liopleurodon ferox Sauvage 1873 plesiosaur
Peloneustes philarchus Seeley 1869 plesiosaur
 Plesiosauria - Cryptoclididae
"Muraenosaurus plicatus" = Muraenosaurus leedsii
"Muraenosaurus plicatus" = Muraenosaurus leedsii Seeley 1874 plesiosaur
 Ichthyosauria - Ichthyosauridae
Ichthyosaurus sp. Koenig 1818 ichthyosaur
 Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
"Metriorhynchus superciliosus" = Thalattosuchus superciliosus
"Metriorhynchus superciliosus" = Thalattosuchus superciliosus de Blainville 1853 marine crocodile
 Loricata - Teleosauridae
Steneosaurus intermedius marine crocodile
Steneosaurus cf. durobrivensis Andrews 1909 marine crocodile