Saint-Chinian (SCH) (Cretaceous of France)

Also known as SCN

Where: Hérault, France (43.4° N, 3.0° E: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 1.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithified, red sandstone

• "a very hard red sandstone"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. M. Penner. 1985. The problem of dinosaur extinction. Contribution of the study of terminal Cretaceous eggshells from southeast France. Geobios 18(5):665-669 [M. Carrano/A. Murch]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 53834: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.09.2005, edited by Albert Garcia Selles

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Titanosauridae
Megaloolithus siruguei Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994 titanosaurid
Megaloolithus aff. aureliensis Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994 titanosaurid
SCH-5