Migné-les-Lourdines (Jurassic of France)

Where: Poitou-Charentes, France (46.6° N, 0.3° E: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 10.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Erymnoceras coronatum ammonoid zone, Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• from the Anceps and Coronatum zones

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Brunet. 1969. Note préliminaire sur une faune de vertébrés du Callovien des environs de Poitiers [Preliminary note on a vertebrate fauna from the Callovian of the environs of Poitiers]. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Série D: Sciences Naturelles 268(22):2667-2670 [M. Carrano/H. Street/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 106921: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 30.03.2011

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Asteracanthus ornatissimus Agassiz 1836 elasmobranch
Reptilia
 Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Metriorhynchus sp. von Meyer 1830 marine crocodile
skull
 Loricata - Teleosauridae
Steneosaurus sp. Saint-Hilaire 1825 marine crocodile
skull
 Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Pliosaurus sp. Owen 1841 plesiosaur
tooth