Also known as Madame-Island

Where: Charente-Maritime, France (45.9° N, 1.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 1.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: B3/C1 Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• boundary of early and middle Cenomanian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: poorly lithified marl

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: sieve,

Primary reference: T. Saucède and D. Néraudeau. 2006. An ‘Elvis’ echinoid, Nucleopygus (Jolyclypus) jolyi, from the Cenomanian of France: phylogenetic analysis, sexual dimorphism and neotype designation. Cretaceous Research 27(4):542-554 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64878: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 17.09.2006, edited by Matthew Carrano

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