PBDB Collection

Vauban cliff, Fouras Peninsula (B2ms) (Cretaceous of France)

Also known as Fouras-Vauban

Where: Poitou-Charentes, France (46.0° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 1.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Subunit B2ms, upper part

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: paralic; lenticular, sandy claystone

• detrital paralic environment

• "sandy-clayey lens"

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: R. Vullo, D. Néraudeau, R. Allain and H. Cappetta. 2005. Un nouveau gisement à microrestes de vertébrés continentaux et littoraux dans le Cénomanien inférieur de Fouras (Charente-Maritime, Sud-Ouest de la France) [A new continental and coastal vertebrate locality in the Early Cenomanian of Fouras (Charente-Maritime, southwestern France]. Comptes Rendus Palevol 4(1-2):95-107 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 77232: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.01.2008, edited by Jonathan Tennant, Matthew Clapham, Philip Mannion and Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Hambrabatis sp. Hambrabatis sp.
Actinopteri
Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae	Coelodus sp. Coelodus sp. Haeckel
Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae	Enchodus sp. Enchodus sp. Agassiz 1835
Acanthopterygii -	Cylindracanthus cretaceus Cylindracanthus cretaceus
Reptilia
Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae	Hadrosauridae indet. Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid basal hadrosaurid
Ornithischia -	Iguanodontoidea indet.⁵ Iguanodontoidea indet.⁵ Hay 1902 ornithopod
Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae	? Carcharodontosauridae indet.⁵ ? Carcharodontosauridae indet.⁵ Stromer 1931 allosauroid
Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae	? Dromaeosauridae indet.⁵ ? Dromaeosauridae indet.⁵ Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran
Saurischia -	Macronaria indet.² Macronaria indet.² Sereno 1997 sauropod MTA FVA 1
Pterosauria - Ornithocheiridae	Ornithocheiridae indet. Ornithocheiridae indet. Seeley 1870 pterosaur MA FVA 2
Loricata -	Crocodyliformes indet.³, cf. Bernissartia sp. Crocodyliformes indet.³ crocodilian similar to Hamadasuchus cf. Bernissartia sp. Dollo 1883 crocodilian tooth
Plesiosauria -	Plesiosauria indet. Plesiosauria indet. plesiosaur tooth
Testudinata -	Testudinata indet. Testudinata indet. Oppel 1811 turtle 1-2 unidentified forms
Testudinata - Helochelydridae	Helochelys danubina¹ Helochelys danubina¹ von Meyer 1854 turtle Shell fragments
Squamata -	Scincoidea indet.⁶ Scincoidea indet.⁶ Oppel 1811 squamates
Squamata - Simoliophiidae	Simoliophis rochebrunei Simoliophis rochebrunei Sauvage 1880 snake MA FVA 4, vertebra
Chondrichthyes
Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae	Ptychotrygon sp., Ptychotrygonoides pouiti Ptychotrygon sp. Jaekel 1894 ray "spp." Ptychotrygonoides pouiti Landemaine 1991 ray
Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae	Sclerorhynchidae indet., Onchopristis dunklei Sclerorhynchidae indet. Capetta 1974 ray Onchopristis dunklei McNulty and Slaughter 1962 ray
Rajiformes -	Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi Thurmond 1971 guitarfish
Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae	"Rhinobatos" sp. "Rhinobatos" sp. Link 1790 guitarfish
Rajiformes -	Turoniabatis cappettai, Hamrabatis bernardezi n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Turoniabatis cappettai Landemaine 1991 guitarfish Hamrabatis bernardezi n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Vullo et al. 2007 ray
Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae	Cantioscyllium cf. decipiens Cantioscyllium cf. decipiens Woodward 1889 nurse shark
Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae	Chiloscyllium sp. Chiloscyllium sp. Müller and Henle 1837 carpet shark
Lamniformes - Haimirichiidae	"Carcharias amonensis" = Haimirichia amonensis "Carcharias amonensis" = Haimirichia amonensis Cappetta and Case 1975 mackerel shark
Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae	"Protolamna compressidens" = Pseudoscapanorhynchus compressidens⁴, Protolamna sp., Cretodus semiplicatus "Protolamna compressidens" = Pseudoscapanorhynchus compressidens⁴ Herman 1977 mackerel shark Protolamna sp. Cappetta 1980 mackerel shark Cretodus semiplicatus Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark
Lamniformes - Odontaspididae	"Cenocarcharias tenuiplicatus" = Eostriatolamia tenuiplicatus "Cenocarcharias tenuiplicatus" = Eostriatolamia tenuiplicatus Cappetta and Case 1975 sand tiger shark
Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae	Archaeolamna sp. Archaeolamna sp. Siverson 1992 mackerel shark
Lamniformes - Anacoracidae	Squalicorax sp. Squalicorax sp. Whitley 1939 crow shark
Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae	Scapanorhynchus minimus Scapanorhynchus minimus Landemaine 1991 goblin shark
Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae	Protoscyliorhinus magnus⁴ Protoscyliorhinus magnus⁴ Landemaine 1991 cat shark
Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae	Polyacrodus maiseyi Polyacrodus maiseyi Landemaine 1991 elasmobranch
Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae	Tribodus morlati, Hybodus sp. Tribodus morlati Landemaine 1991 elasmobranch Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch

¹Joyce 2017; ²Mannion et al. 2013; ³Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2016; ⁴Vullo et al. 2007; ⁵Vullo et al. 2007; ⁶Vullo et al. 2011