Meschers (Cretaceous of France)

Also known as Meschers cliffs

Where: France (45.6° N, 1.0° W: paleocoordinates 36.6° N, 0.8° E)

When: Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Biozones CVII-CVIII; Pachydiscus oldhami - Sphenodiscus ubaghsi ammonites zones

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• yellowish chalky limestones with glauconite and oyster lumachelles (P. vesicularis)

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Vullo. 2005. Selachians from the type Campanian area (Late Cretaceous), Charentes , western France. Cretaceous Research 26(4):1-24 [J. Kriwet/J. Kriwet/W. Glaeser]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 61351: authorized by Juergen Kriwet, entered by Wolfgang Glaeser on 06.06.2006

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae
Rhombodus carentonensis n. sp. Vullo 2005 stingray
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus cf. rugosus Agassiz 1839 bullhead shark
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos echavei Cappetta and Corral 1999 guitarfish
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Palaeogaleus faujasi Geyn 1937 hound shark
 Lamniformes - Serratolamnidae
Serratolamna khderii mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax pristodontus Agassiz 1835 crow shark
Squalicorax kaupi Agassiz 1843 crow shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Paranomotodon sp. Herman 1975 thresher shark
 Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Protolamna borodini Cappetta and Case 1975 mackerel shark