Traslemaine roadworks, Champniers (B2) (Cretaceous of France)

Also known as Angoulême

Where: Poitou-Charentes, France (45.7° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 1.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• B2gl subunit

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: paralic; glauconitic sandstone

• detrital paralic environment

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: R. Vullo, D. Neraudeau, and T. Lenglet. 2007. Dinosaur teeth from the Cenomanian of Charentes, western France: evidence for a mixed Laurasian-Gondwanan assemblage. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(4):931-943 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 77230: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.01.2008, edited by Jonathan Tennant, Matthew Clapham and Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
? Dromaeosauridae indet.
? Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran
 Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae
? Carcharodontosauridae indet.
? Carcharodontosauridae indet. Stromer 1931 allosauroid
 Ornithischia -
Iguanodontoidea indet.
Iguanodontoidea indet. Hay 1902 ornithopod
 Squamata - Simoliophiidae
Simoliophis rochebrunei3
Simoliophis rochebrunei3 Sauvage 1880 snake
MA TLM 1-13, vertebrae; MA TLM 14 and 15, ribs
 Testudinata - Helochelydridae
Helochelys danubina1
Helochelys danubina1 von Meyer 1854 turtle
Shell fragments
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes -
Hamrabatis bernardezi2, Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi2
Hamrabatis bernardezi2 Vullo et al. 2007 ray
Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi2 Thurmond 1971 guitarfish
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
"Rhinobatos" sp.2
"Rhinobatos" sp.2 Link 1790 guitarfish
 Rajiformes -
Turoniabatis cappettai2, Squatirhina sp.2
Turoniabatis cappettai2 Landemaine 1991 guitarfish
Squatirhina sp.2 Casier 1947 ray
 Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Ptychotrygonoides pouiti2, Ptychotrygon sp.2
Ptychotrygonoides pouiti2 Landemaine 1991 ray
Ptychotrygon sp.2 Jaekel 1894 ray
 Rajiformes -
Engolismaia couillardi n. gen. n. sp.2
Engolismaia couillardi n. gen. n. sp.2 Vullo et al. 2007 ray
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus paucicarinatus2
 Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Cederstroemia sp.2
Cederstroemia sp.2 Siverson 1995 wobbegong
 Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium sp.2
Chiloscyllium sp.2 Müller and Henle 1837 carpet shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Cantioscyllium sp.2
Cantioscyllium sp.2 Woodward 1889 nurse shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Protoscyliorhinus magnus2
Protoscyliorhinus magnus2 Landemaine 1991 cat shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus minimus2
Scapanorhynchus minimus2 Landemaine 1991 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Protolamna sp.2, Cretodus semiplicatus2
Protolamna sp.2 Cappetta 1980 mackerel shark
Cretodus semiplicatus2 Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae
Archaeolamna sp.2
Archaeolamna sp.2 Siverson 1992 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Cenocarcharias tenuiplicatus" = Eostriatolamia tenuiplicatus2
"Cenocarcharias tenuiplicatus" = Eostriatolamia tenuiplicatus2 Cappetta and Case 1975 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Haimirichiidae
"Carcharias amonensis" = Haimirichia amonensis2
"Carcharias amonensis" = Haimirichia amonensis2 Cappetta and Case 1975 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax sp.2
Squalicorax sp.2 Whitley 1939 crow shark
 Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
Polyacrodus maiseyi2
Polyacrodus maiseyi2 Landemaine 1991 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp.2, Tribodus morlati2
Hybodus sp.2 Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
Tribodus morlati2 Landemaine 1991 elasmobranch
1Joyce 2017; 2Vullo et al. 2007; 3Vullo et al. 2011