Where: France (43.2° N, 5.5° E: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 6.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Acanthoceras jukesbrownei ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, that overlies the Gargasian Marls (Aptian). AGE: Middle Cenomanian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy and stratigraphic position; Acanthoceras jukesbrownei zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed 5, in the middle part of section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, concretionary siltstone and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, concretion

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Many collectors, including W.J. Kennedy (1967-1990). REPOSITORY: Several repositories, principally the NMNH, but also the BMNH, OUM, FSM and FSL.

Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy. 1994. Cenomanian ammonites from Cassis, Bouches-du-Rhone, France. Palaeopelagos Special Publication 1:209-254 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82845: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.08.2008

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