Saint-Martin des Bois: Turonian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Prognathodon sp.
Dollo 1889
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| MNHN 1895-9, a tooth | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | France |
| Coordinates: | 47.6° North, 0.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.2° North, 1.7° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Mosasaur locality | ||
| Database number: | 141946 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Tennant | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-04-03 04:30:29 | Last modified: | 2013-04-02 12:30:29 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-03 04:30:29 |
| 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] |