Traslemaine roadworks, Champniers (B2) (Cretaceous of France)

Also known as Angoulême

Where: Poitou-Charentes, France (45.7° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 1.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• B2gl subunit

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: paralic; glauconitic sandstone

• detrital paralic environment

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: R. Vullo, D. Neraudeau, and T. Lenglet. 2007. Dinosaur teeth from the Cenomanian of Charentes, western France: evidence for a mixed Laurasian-Gondwanan assemblage. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(4):931-943 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 77230: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.01.2008, edited by Jonathan Tennant, Matthew Clapham and Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Iguanodontoidea indet.
Iguanodontoidea indet. Hay 1902 ornithopod
 Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae
? Carcharodontosauridae indet.
? Carcharodontosauridae indet. Stromer 1931 allosauroid
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
? Dromaeosauridae indet.
? Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran
 Testudinata - Helochelydridae
Helochelys danubina1
Helochelys danubina1 von Meyer 1854 turtle
Shell fragments
 Squamata - Simoliophiidae
Simoliophis rochebrunei3
Simoliophis rochebrunei3 Sauvage 1880 snake
MA TLM 1-13, vertebrae; MA TLM 14 and 15, ribs
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
Polyacrodus maiseyi2
Polyacrodus maiseyi2 Landemaine 1991 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Tribodus morlati2, Hybodus sp.2
Tribodus morlati2 Landemaine 1991 elasmobranch
Hybodus sp.2 Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
 Rajiformes -
Engolismaia couillardi n. gen. n. sp.2, Hamrabatis bernardezi2, Turoniabatis cappettai2, Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi2
Engolismaia couillardi n. gen. n. sp.2 Vullo et al. 2007 ray
Hamrabatis bernardezi2 Vullo et al. 2007 ray
Turoniabatis cappettai2 Landemaine 1991 guitarfish
Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi2 Thurmond 1971 guitarfish
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
"Rhinobatos" sp.2
"Rhinobatos" sp.2 Link 1790 guitarfish
 Rajiformes -
Squatirhina sp.2
Squatirhina sp.2 Casier 1947 ray
 Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Ptychotrygonoides pouiti2, Ptychotrygon sp.2
Ptychotrygonoides pouiti2 Landemaine 1991 ray
Ptychotrygon sp.2 Jaekel 1894 ray
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus paucicarinatus2
 Lamniformes - Haimirichiidae
"Carcharias amonensis" = Haimirichia amonensis2
"Carcharias amonensis" = Haimirichia amonensis2 Cappetta and Case 1975 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax sp.2
Squalicorax sp.2 Whitley 1939 crow shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Cenocarcharias tenuiplicatus" = Eostriatolamia tenuiplicatus2
"Cenocarcharias tenuiplicatus" = Eostriatolamia tenuiplicatus2 Cappetta and Case 1975 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae
Archaeolamna sp.2
Archaeolamna sp.2 Siverson 1992 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Cretodus semiplicatus2, Protolamna sp.2
Cretodus semiplicatus2 Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark
Protolamna sp.2 Cappetta 1980 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus minimus2
Scapanorhynchus minimus2 Landemaine 1991 goblin shark
 Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium sp.2
Chiloscyllium sp.2 Müller and Henle 1837 carpet shark
 Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Cederstroemia sp.2
Cederstroemia sp.2 Siverson 1995 wobbegong
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Cantioscyllium sp.2
Cantioscyllium sp.2 Woodward 1889 nurse shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Protoscyliorhinus magnus2
Protoscyliorhinus magnus2 Landemaine 1991 cat shark
1Joyce 2017; 2Vullo et al. 2007; 3Vullo et al. 2011