Aquitaine autoroute trench S2 (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (45.8° N, 0.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 1.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: collection of F. Amedro

Primary reference: F. Amédro and J. M. Hancock. 1985. Les Ammonites de l’autoroute “L’Aquitaine”, France (Turonien et Santonien). Cretaceous Research 6:15-32 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 178859: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.05.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Placenticeras aff. paraplanum Wiedmann 1978 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Eulophoceras austriacum Summesberger 1979 ammonite