Jaunay-Clan, Orneau-Saint-Denis (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (46.7° N, 0.4° E: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 2.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: pond; lithified, carbonaceous mudstone

• Paris basin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: salvage

• Repository: University of Poitiers

Primary reference: A. Nel, G. Fleck, G. Garcia, B. Gomez, P. Ferchaud and X. Valentin. 2015. New dragonflies from the lower Cenomanian of France enlighten the timing of the odonatan turnover at the Early - Late Cretaceous boundary. Cretaceous Research 52:108-117 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 162748: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.10.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Odonata - Liupanshaniidae
Galloliupanshania incompleta n. gen. n. sp. Nel et al. 2015 true dragonfly
UP-JCO-14-10
 Odonata - Gallophlebiidae
Gallophlebia magnifica n. gen. n. sp.
Gallophlebia magnifica n. gen. n. sp. Nel et al. 2015 true dragonfly
UP-JCO-14-001
 Odonata - Stenophlebiidae
Gallostenophlebia incompleta n. gen. n. sp. Nel et al. 2015 dragonfly
UP-JCO-14-03