Montignac, Dordogne (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Charente, France (45.1° N, 1.2° E: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 2.7° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Coniacian (89.8 - 86.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Cahuzac, S. Adnet, H. Cappetta and R. Vullo. 2007. Les espèces et genres de poissons Sélaciens fossiles (Crétacé, Tertiaire) créés dans le Bassin d'Aquitaine ; recensement, taxonomie. Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 142(35):3-43 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 161749: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 11.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Cretoxyrhinidae
Cretoxyrhina mantelli Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Cretolamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata
"Cretolamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
 Hybodontiformes - Ptychodontidae
Ptychodus rugosus Dixon 1850 elasmobranch