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: crevasse splay; fine-grained, red marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by P. Caillaud, R. Cousin in 1968–1985
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: P. Caillaud. 1968. Extension, vers Rennes-le-Château (Aude), des gisements d'oeufs de Dinosaures dans le Crétacé supérieur des Corbières [Extension, toward Rennes-le-Château (Aude), of the dinosaur egg localities in the Upper Cretaceous of the Corbières]. Compte Rendu Sommaire des Séances de la Société géologique de France 1968(4):111-112 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 53479: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 09.09.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Rhabdodon priscum" = Rhabdodon priscus2
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