Where: Hérault, France (43.7° N, 3.7° E: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 2.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Rouquette in 1945

Primary reference: M. Mattauer and L. Thaler. 1961. Découverte d’oeufs et d’os de Dinosaures dans le Crétacé terminal des environs de Montpellier (Hérault) [Discovery of dinosaur eggs and bones in the terminal Cretaceous of the environs of Montpellier (Hérault)]. Comptes Rendus Sommaire de la Société Géologique de France 1961:7-9 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 59765: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 11.04.2006

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