Auberville, Vaches Noires (Jurassic of France)

Where: Basse-Normandie, France (49.3° N, 0.0° W: paleocoordinates 39.5° N, 9.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Marnes de Dives Formation, Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Collected by M. Bülow in 1992

Collection methods: quarrying, chemical, mechanical,

• Specimen ref. number refers to Bülow's collection

Primary reference: F. Knoll, E. Buffetaut, and M. Bülow. 1999. A theropod braincase from the Jurassic of the Vaches Noires cliffs (Normandy, France): osteology and palaeoneurology. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France 1999(1):103-109 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 55357: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 12.10.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Megalosauridae
? Piveteausaurus sp. Taquet and Welles 1977 tetanuran theropod
Bülow coll. 25192