Sainte-Colombe: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, France
collected by Bonissent
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Prognathodon sp.
Dollo 1889
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FSL 532948, a tooth crown from the median part of the jaw | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | France | State/province: | Basse-Normandie | County: | Manche |
Coordinates: | 49.4° North, 1.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.2° North, 1.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Baculites Limestone |
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
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 |
Collectors: | Bonissent |
Collection method comments: must have been collected before 1875 |
Metadata
Also known as: | La Bonneville | ||
Database number: | 142087 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Tennant |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2013-04-04 23:20:28 | Last modified: | 2013-09-12 15:55:02 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-04 23:20:28 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
46148. | E. Buffetaut and N. Bardet. 2012. The mosasaurid (Squamata) Prognathodon in the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of the Cotentin Peninsula (Normandy, northwestern France). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 183(2):111-115 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano] |