Also known as Fouras Bois-Vert
Where: Poitou-Charentes, France (46.0° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 1.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• Unit B2ms
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; glauconitic, sandy claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: D. Néraudeau, R. Allain, V. Perrichot, B. Videt, F. Lapparent Broin, F. Guillocheau, M. Philippe, J.-C. Rage, and R. Vullo. 2003. Découverte d'un dépôt paralique à bois fossiles, ambre insectifère et restes d'Iguanodontidae (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) dans le Cénomanien inférieur de Fouras (Charente-Maritime, Sud-Ouest de la France). Comptes Rendus Palevol 2:221-230 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 65421: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.2006, edited by Matthew Carrano, Jonathan Tennant and Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Equisetopsida | |
Reptilia | |
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"Chelonii indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Simoliophis rochebrunei Sauvage 1880 snake | |
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