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
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Chondrichthyes | |
Rhombodus carentonensis n. sp.
Rhombodus carentonensis n. sp. Vullo 2005 stingray | |
Heterodontus cf. rugosus Agassiz 1839 bullhead shark | |
Rhinobatos echavei Cappetta and Corral 1999 guitarfish | |
Palaeogaleus faujasi Geyn 1937 hound shark | |
Serratolamna khderii mackerel shark | |
Squalicorax pristodontus Agassiz 1835 crow shark
Squalicorax kaupi Agassiz 1843 crow shark | |
Paranomotodon sp. Herman 1975 thresher shark | |
Protolamna borodini Cappetta and Case 1975 mackerel shark |