Crespian, Montmirat (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Languedoc-Roussillon, France (43.9° N, 4.1° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 14.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)

• age based on nearby ammonites, Timovela pertraniens

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by M. Jeantet in 1965

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: E. Buffetaut, G. Cuny, and J. Le Loeuff. 1991. French dinosaurs: the best record in Europe?. Modern Geology 16:17-42 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67995: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 20.12.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Tetanurae indet.1 Gauthier 1986 tetanuran theropod
MM 3, 8-9, 11-21
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonitida indet.2 Hyatt 1889 ammonite
"prints"