Fresville: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, 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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| MEL 2994, tooth | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Basse-Normandie | County: | Manche |
| Coordinates: | 49.4° North, 1.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.2° North, 1.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
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: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: must have been collected in 1880s or before. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 142088 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-04-04 23:25:39 | Last modified: | 2013-09-12 15:52:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-04 23:25:39 |
| 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] |