Also known as Albas I

Where: Languedoc-Roussillon, France (43.1° N, 2.9° E: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 1.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, red marl and siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Plaziat in 1961

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

• a clutch of 4 eggs as well as fragments

Primary reference: J.-C. Plaziat. 1961. Présence d’oeufs de Dinosauriens dans le Crétacé supérieur des Corbières et existences d’un niveau marin dans le Thanétien aux environs d’Albas (Aude) [Presence of dinosaur eggs in the Upper Cretaceous of Corbières and the existence of a marine bed in the Thanetian in the environs of Albas (Aude)]. Comptes Rendus Sommaire de la Société Géologique de France 1961:196-197 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 55388: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 13.10.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano

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