Mortagne-sur-Gironde: Campanian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Liodon compressidens
Gaudry 1892
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| recombined as Prognathodon compressidens | ||||||||||
| MNHN 1886-5, a poorly preserved jaw fragment with teeth | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France |
| Coordinates: | 45.0° North, 0.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.7° North, 1.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: About 110m thick; chalky limestones | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 141943 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Tennant | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-04-03 04:16:13 | Last modified: | 2013-04-02 12:16:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-03 04:16:13 |
| 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] |