Clos-La-Neuve (CLN) (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (43.5° N, 5.7° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 6.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Begudian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone and red, sandy marl

• "red, sandy marls intercalated with sandstones"

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Vianey-Liaud, P. Mallan, O. Buscail and C. Montgelard. 1994. Review of French dinosaur eggshells: morphology, structure, mineral, and organic composition. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 151-183 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 65392: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Saurischia - Titanosauridae
Megaloolithus aureliensis n. sp.
Megaloolithus aureliensis n. sp. Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994 titanosaurid
CLN-1, CLN-2, CLN-3