Maurupt-le-Montois, horizon H1 (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Marne, France (48.8° N, 4.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 9.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hoplites dentatus ammonoid zone, Middle Albian (109.0 - 105.3 Ma)

• Basal middle Albian is assumed for this horizon (probably the Isohoplites eodentatus ammonite subzone). 30 cm thick.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, phosphatic claystone

• Argiles tégulines. Conglomeratic horizon consisting almost exclusively of phosphatized debris of invertebrate organisms. Glauconite is abundant.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. P. Biddle. 1993. Les Elasmobranches de l'Albien inferieur et moyen (Cretace inferieur) de la Marne et de la Haute-Marne (France). Belgian Geological Survey 264:191-240 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 235567: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.07.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes -
Squatirhina thiesi
Squatirhina thiesi Biddle 1993 ray
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
"Spathobatis" halteri
"Spathobatis" halteri Biddle and Landemaine 1988 guitarfish
 Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae
Archaeolamna kopingensis
Archaeolamna kopingensis Davis 1890 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax primaevus
Squalicorax primaevus Dalinkevičius 1935 crow shark
 Lamniformes - Eoptolamnidae
Leptostyrax macrorhiza
Leptostyrax macrorhiza Cope 1875 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Carcharias striatula" = Eostriatolamia striatula
"Carcharias striatula" = Eostriatolamia striatula Dalinkevičius 1935 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Cardabiodontidae
"Cretoxyrhina woodwardi" = Dwardius woodwardi
"Cretoxyrhina woodwardi" = Dwardius woodwardi Herman 1977 mackerel shark
 Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Orectoloboides parvulus
Orectoloboides parvulus Dalinkevičius 1935 wobbegong
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
"Squatina cranei" = Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei, "Squatina" muelleri
"Squatina cranei" = Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei Woodward 1888 angel shark
"Squatina" muelleri Reuss 1846 angel shark
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Protosqualus sigei
Protosqualus sigei Cappetta 1977 dogfish shark
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus upnikensis, Heterodontus canaliculatus
Heterodontus upnikensis Dalinkevičius 1935 bullhead shark
Heterodontus canaliculatus Egerton and Woodward 1889 bullhead shark
 Synechodontiformes - Paraorthacodontidae
Paraorthacodus recurvus
Paraorthacodus recurvus Trautschold 1877 elasmobranch
 Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus dubrisiensis
Synechodus dubrisiensis Mackie 1863 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes -
Lissodus levis
Lissodus levis Woodward 1887 elasmobranch