La Rochelle-Rochefort (Jurassic of France)

Where: Poitou-Charentes, France (46.1° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 8.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; blue claystone

• "blue clay"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by B. Geslin in 1831

Primary reference: B. Geslin. 1833. [Une vertèrbre de Megalosaurus] [A vertebra of Megalosaurus]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 3:281 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70550: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.03.2007

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria - Ichthyosauridae
Ichthyosaurus sp. Koenig 1818 ichthyosaur
vertebra