Sarlat: Coniacian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Tylosaurinae indet. Wiliston 1895
MNHN 1953-11 is an unpublished mandibular anterior portion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]