Sarlat: Coniacian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Tylosaurinae indet.
Wiliston 1895
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MNHN 1953-11 is an unpublished mandibular anterior portion | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | France | State/province: | Aquitaine |
Coordinates: | 44.3° North, 1.8° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.3° North, 3.2° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Coniacian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
Key time interval: | Coniacian | ||
Age range of interval: | 89.80000 - 86.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Sarlat railway station |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandy "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: Yellow sandstone-like bioclastic limestone | |
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
Also known as: | Mosasaur locality | ||
Database number: | 141945 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Tennant | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2013-04-03 04:26:21 | Last modified: | 2013-04-02 12:26:21 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-03 04:26:21 |
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] |