Meschers: Late/Upper Campanian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Rhombodontidae
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Rhombodus carentonensis n. sp.
Vullo 2005
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Rhinobatos echavei
Cappetta and Corral 1999
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Chondrichthyes
- Heterodontiformes
- Heterodontidae
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Heterodontus cf. rugosus
(Agassiz 1839)
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Triakidae
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Palaeogaleus faujasi
(Geyn 1937)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Serratolamnidae
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Serratolamna khderii
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
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Protolamna borodini
(Cappetta and Case 1975)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Alopiidae
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Paranomotodon sp.
Herman 1975
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Squalicorax kaupi
(Agassiz 1843)
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Squalicorax pristodontus
(Agassiz 1835)
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Geography
| Country: | France | County: | Charente-Maritime |
| Coordinates: | 45.6° North, 1.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.6° North, 0.8° East |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Biozones CVII-CVIII; Pachydiscus oldhami - Sphenodiscus ubaghsi ammonites zones |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: yellowish chalky limestones with glauconite and oyster lumachelles (P. vesicularis) | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Meschers cliffs | ||
| Database number: | 61351 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Kriwet | Enterer: | W. Glaeser |
| Modifier: | W. Glaeser | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-06-06 04:44:38 | Last modified: | 2006-06-09 06:27:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-06-06 04:44:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17575. | R. Vullo. 2005. Selachians from the type Campanian area (Late Cretaceous), Charentes , western France. Cretaceous Research 26(4):1-24 [J. Kriwet/J. Kriwet/W. Glaeser] |