Where: France (49.4° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 42.2° N, 1.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Craie de Valognes Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Calcaire á Baculites, or Craie de Valognes, which rests unconformably on Precambrian to Cenomanian rocks. AGE: Late Maastrichtian, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Probably from several beds within local section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: BMNH, London; EMP (École des Mines Collections, Université Claude-Bernard, Lyons); FSM (Faculté des Sciences, Le Mans); FSR (Faculté des Sciences, Rennes).

Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy. 1986. The ammonites fauna of the Calcaire á Baculites (Upper Maastrichtian) of the Cotentin Peninsula (Manche, France). Palaeontology 29(1):25-83 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83649: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.08.2008

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