Rennes-les-Bains area (MNHN collection) (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (42.9° N, 2.3° E: paleocoordinates 31.6° N, 4.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)

• "Au-dessous des Hippurites" (below rudists), Rennes-les-Bains.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy, M. Bilotte, and P. Melchior. 1995. Ammonite faunas, biostratigraphy, and sequence stratigraphy of the Coniacian-Santonian of the Corbières (NE Pyrénées). Bulletin des Centres de Recherches Elf Exploration-Production Elf-Aquitaine 19:377-499 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179795: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.06.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
"Hyphantoceras ? amapondense" = Amapondella amapondense
"Hyphantoceras ? amapondense" = Amapondella amapondense van Hoepen 1921 ammonite