Cadeuil (subunit A1) (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Charente-Maritime, France (45.8° N, 0.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 1.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• Ostracod and foraminifer assemblages from the upper part of subunit A1 (A1c) suggest an early Cenomanian age only (Peyrot et al. 2019)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithified sandstone

• Section A1 is of brackish to coastal marine origin. A1c has cross beddings that correspond to "a succession of channels".
• "the third horizon (A1c) consists in a hard and coarse sandstone with metric cross beddings... This horizon locally includes lignite and amber" - Neraudeau et al (2008)

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: soft parts, amber

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: J.-C. Rage, R. Vullo, and D. Néraudeau. 2016. The mid-Cretaceous snake Simoliophis rochebrunei Sauvage, 1880 (Squamata: Ophidia) from its type area (Charentes, southwestern France): Redescription, distribution, and palaeoecology. Cretaceous Research 58:234-253 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 224153: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.01.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Squamata - Simoliophiidae
Simoliophis rochebrunei
Simoliophis rochebrunei Sauvage 1880 snake
MA CDL 13-16, vertebrae