Where: Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France (43.5° N, 5.7° E: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 4.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; red marl
Size class: mesofossils
Collected by Astier
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: R. Dughi and F. Sirugue. 1976. L'extinction des dinosaures à la lumière des gisements d'oeufs du Crétacé terminal du sud de la France, principalement dans le bassin d'Aix-en-Provence [The extinction of the dinosaurs in light of egg localities from the terminal Cretaceous of the south of Franch, mainly in the Aix-en-Provence Basin]. Paléobiologie Continentale 7(1):1-39 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 207627: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.01.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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