Also known as Tercis les Bains
Where: Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes, France (43.7° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.8° N, 1.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Avezac Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• from between levels 68.5 (70) and 80.0
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Collected by C. Normand, B. Cahuzac, E. Buffetaut in 1985, 1995
Collection methods: salvage, surface (float),
Primary reference: Y. Laurent, J. Le Loeuff, M. Bilotte, E. Buffetaut, and G. S. Odin. 2001. Campanian-Maastrichtian continental-marine connection at the Aquitaine-Pyrenees-Provence area (S France). In G. S. Odin (ed.), The Campanian-Maastrichtian Boundary. Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy 19:657-674 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 178473: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 03.05.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Coccolithophyceae | |
Quadrum gartneri Prins and Perch-Nielsen 1977
Micula cubiformis Forchheimer 1972 coccolithophore
Micula decussata Vekshina 1959 coccolithophore | |
Eiffellithus eximius Stover 1966
Eiffellithus turriseiffelii Deflandre 1954
Eiffellithus gorkae Reinhardt 1965 | |
"Vekshinella aachena" = Staurolithites, Placozygus sigmoides, Zeugrhabdotus elegans, "Zygodiscus spiralis" = Zeugrhabdotus spiralis, Amphizygus brooksi, Amphizygus minimus, Tranolithus exiguus, Tranolithus phacelosus, Ahmuellerella regularis, Chiastozygus trabalis, Reinhardtites levis
"Vekshinella aachena" = Staurolithites
Placozygus sigmoides Romein 1979
"Zygodiscus spiralis" = Zeugrhabdotus spiralis Bramlette and Martini 1964
Amphizygus minimus Bukry 1969
Ahmuellerella regularis Górka 1957
Chiastozygus trabalis Górka 1957
Reinhardtites levis Prins and Sissingh 1977 | |
Rhagodiscus reniformis Perch-Nielsen 1973 | |
Braarudosphaera bigelowii Gran and Braarud 1935
Nannoconus elongatus Brönnimann 1955 | |
Prediscosphaera cretacea Arkhangelsky 1912 | |
Manivitella pemmatoidea Deflandre 1965 | |
Cretarhabdus conicus Bramlette and Martini 1964
Retecapsa surirella Deflandre and Fert 1954 | |
Octolithus multiplus Perch-Nielsen 1973
Lucianorhabdus cayeuxii Deflandre 1959
Calculites obscurus Deflandre 1959 | |
Corollithion completum Perch-Nielsen 1973 | |
Broinsonia dentata Bukry 1969
Arkhangelskiella cymbiformis Vekshina 1959 | |
Reptilia | |
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