Hallencourt, upper horizon (HAL2) (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Somme, France (50.0° N, 1.9° E: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 3.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Offaster pilula other zone, Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Early early Campanian, Offaster pilula zone.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, phosphatic chalk

• Chalky calcarenite with abundant phosphatized fecal pellets

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by H. Cappetta

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, acetic, sieve

• Repository: Palaeontology Department, University of Montpellier II, France

Primary reference: G. Guinot, H. Cappetta, C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward. 2012. Batoids (Elasmobranchii: Batomorphii) from the British and French Late Cretaceous. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10:445-474 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 213566: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.09.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Cederstroemia havreensis Herman 1977 wobbegong
 Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium frequens Guinot et al. 2013 carpet shark
 Lamniformes - Pseudocoracidae
Pseudocorax laevis Leriche 1906 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Eoptolamnidae
Eoptolamna supracretacea Guinot et al. 2013 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias adneti Vullo 2005 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax kaupi Agassiz 1843 crow shark
Nanocorax microserratodon Shimada 2008 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Anomotodon hermani Siverson 1992 goblin shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus antiquus Agassiz 1843 cat shark
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus boussioni n. sp. Guinot et al. 2013 bullhead shark
 Synechodontiformes - Paraorthacodontidae
Paraorthacodus conicus Davis 1890 elasmobranch
 Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus lerichei Herman 1977 elasmobranch
 Rajiformes -
Squatirhina lonzeensis Casier 1947 ray