Also known as Rennes-le-Château, Les Boudous, Les Labadous

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: terrestrial; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Beetschen, Dughi, Sirugue in 1977

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: J.-C. Beetschen, R. Dughi, and F. Sirugue. 1977. Sur la présence de coquilles d'oeufs d'Oiseaux dans le Crétacé supérieur des Corbières occidentales [On the presence of bird eggshells in the Upper Cretaceous of western Corbières]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Série D 284:2491-2494 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 91056: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 03.09.2009, edited by Graeme Lloyd

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