Where: France (45.1° N, 5.5° E: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 7.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• Upper Vraconian (terminal Albian)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, glauconitic, sandy marl
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the MNHN
Primary reference: L. Taverne and B. Chanet. 2000. Faugichthys loryi n. gen., n. sp. (Teleostei, Ichthyodectiformes) de l'Albien terminal (Cretace inferieur marin) du vallon de la Fauge (Isere, France) et considerations sur la phylogenie des Ichthyodectidae. Geodiversitas 22(1):23-34 [W. Kiessling/T. Schossleitner/T. Schossleitner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 63325: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 11.08.2006, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Rhinochelys amaberti n. sp.
Rhinochelys amaberti n. sp. Moret 1935 sea turtle | |
Actinopteri | |
Faugichthys loryi n. gen. n. sp.
Faugichthys loryi n. gen. n. sp. Taverne and Chanet 2000 |