L'Amas Quarry (D): Late/Upper Cenomanian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Protolamna sp. Cappetta 1980
Vullo et al. 2007
Cretodus semiplicatus (Agassiz 1843)
Vullo et al. 2007
Protolamna compressidens (Herman 1977)
Vullo et al. 2007
original and current combination Pseudoscapanorhynchus compressidens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus minimus Landemaine 1991
Vullo et al. 2007
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretolamna appendiculata (Agassiz 1835)
Vullo et al. 2007
recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae
Archaeolamna sp. Siverson 1992
Vullo et al. 2007
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Cenocarcharias rochbrunei (Sauvage 1880)
Vullo et al. 2007
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax sp. Whitley 1939
Vullo et al. 2007
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Haimirichiidae
Roulletia bureaui n. gen., n. sp. Vullo et al. 2007
Vullo et al. 2007
Carcharias amonensis (Cappetta and Case 1975)
Vullo et al. 2007
recombined as Haimirichia amonensis
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Cantioscyllium sp. Woodward 1889
Vullo et al. 2007
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Sclerorhynchidae indet. Capetta 1974
Vullo et al. 2007
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes
Hamrabatis bernardezi Vullo et al. 2007
Vullo et al. 2007
Reptilia - Ornithocheiridae
Ornithocheiridae indet. Seeley 1870
1 specimen
MA AMA 1
Reptilia - Aigialosauridae
Carentonosaurus mineaui Rage and Néraudeau 2004
Vullo et al. 2011
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Poitou-Charentes County:Charente
Coordinates: 45.6° North, 0.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.4° North, 2.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 5
Key time interval:Late/Upper Cenomanian
Age range of interval:100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: D subunit
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:all
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Roullet—Saint-Estèphe, Angoulème
Database number:88991
Authorizer:M. Carrano, M. Clapham Enterer:M. Carrano, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-04-27 08:53:02 Last modified:2011-06-08 15:52:28
Access level:the public Released:2009-04-27 08:53:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
29832.ETE R. Vullo and D. Neraudeau. 2009. Pterosaur remains from the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) paralic deposits of Charentes, western France. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(1):277-282 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

73638 R. Vullo, H. Cappetta, and D. Néraudeau. 2007. New sharks and rays from the Cenomanian and Turonian of Charentes, France. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52:99-116 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
36357ETE R. Vullo, J.-C. Rage, and D. Neraudeau. 2011. Anuran and squamate remains from the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Charentes, western France. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(2):279-291 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]