Also known as Rennes-le-Château, Espéraza

Where: Languedoc-Roussillon, France (42.9° N, 2.2° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 2.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Marnes de la Maurine Member (Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Continental equivalent is Begudo-Rognacian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Sorgesa, Kiess, Clottes & Raynaud in 1982

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

Primary reference: P. Clottes and C. Raynaud. 1983. Le gisement à dinosauriens de Campagne-sur-Aude–Esperaza. Observations préliminaires. Premiers résultats [The dinosaur locality at Campagne-sur-Aude–Esperaza. Preliminary observations. First results]. Bulletin de la Société d'Études Scientifiques de l'Aude 83:5-14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 91744: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.10.2009

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