Where: Languedoc-Roussillon, France (42.9° N, 2.3° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 2.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation, Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Equivalent continental stage is Begudo-Rognacian; layer with eggs is Rognacian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; fine-grained, red marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by P. Caillaud, R. Cousin in 1968–1985

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: P. Caillaud. 1968. Extension, vers Rennes-le-Château (Aude), des gisements d'oeufs de Dinosaures dans le Crétacé supérieur des Corbières [Extension, toward Rennes-le-Château (Aude), of the dinosaur egg localities in the Upper Cretaceous of the Corbières]. Compte Rendu Sommaire des Séances de la Société géologique de France 1968(4):111-112 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 53479: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 09.09.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano

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