Vaux-Eclusier: Late/Upper Santonian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Platecarpus somenensis n. sp.
Thevenin 1896
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| nomen dubium belonging to Plioplatecarpinae | ||||||||||
| MNHN 1895-7, incomplete skull | ||||||||||
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Mosasaurus gaudryi n. sp.
Thevenin 1896
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| MNHN 1896-15, anterior portion of a cranium | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Somme | County: | Picardie |
| Coordinates: | 49.0° North, 2.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.3° North, 4.1° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | white chalk |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Contains several phosphatic episodes | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,replaced with phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 141941 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Tennant | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-04-03 04:02:00 | Last modified: | 2013-04-02 12:02:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-03 04:02:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46107. | N. Bardet. 2012. The mosasaur collections of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle of Paris. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 183(1):35-53 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] |