Pompierre, Saujon (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (45.7° N, 0.9° W: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 0.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Peroniceras tridorsatum ammonoid zone, Middle Coniacian (89.3 - 85.8 Ma)

• Assize L1

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Arnaud; reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy. 1984. Systematic palaeontology and stratigraphic distribution of the ammonite faunas of the French Coniacian. Special Papers in Palaeontology 31:1-160 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 178948: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.05.2016

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Placenticeras fritschi de Grossouvre 1894 ammonite