Where: Languedoc-Roussillon, France (43.1° N, 2.8° E: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 1.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Marnes Rouges de Roquelongue Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Rognacian (based on charophytes)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; bioturbated, paleosol/pedogenic, calcareous marl and paleosol/pedogenic, concretionary, pebbly siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: concretion

Collected by P. Freytet, G. Breton, R. Fournier in 1961, 1986–1987

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

Primary reference: P. Freytet. 1965. Découverte d'oeufs de dinosaures à Saint-André-de-Roquelongue (Aude) [Discovery of dinosaur eggs at Saint-André-de-Roquelongue (Aude)]. Bulletin de la Société d'Études Scientifiques de l'Aude 65:121-124 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 53481: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 09.09.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano

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