Where: Languedoc-Roussillon, France (43.1° N, 2.8° E: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 1.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Marnes Rouges de Roquelongue Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• Rognacian (based on charophytes)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; bioturbated, paleosol/pedogenic, calcareous marl and paleosol/pedogenic, concretionary, pebbly siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: concretion
Collected by P. Freytet, G. Breton, R. Fournier in 1961, 1986–1987
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: P. Freytet. 1965. Découverte d'oeufs de dinosaures à Saint-André-de-Roquelongue (Aude) [Discovery of dinosaur eggs at Saint-André-de-Roquelongue (Aude)]. Bulletin de la Société d'Études Scientifiques de l'Aude 65:121-124 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 53481: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 09.09.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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