Where: Haute-Marne, France (48.6° N, 5.0° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 31.1° N, 19.2° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Calcaires tâchetés Formation, Early/Lower Tithonian (149.2 - 145.1 Ma)
• Exact provenance of the specimen is unknown, but it is probably from this unit, which outcrops in the vicinity of Saint-Dizier
Environment/lithology: marine; ferruginous, argillaceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Musee Municipal of St Dizier
Primary reference: S. Jouve. 2004. Description of the skull of Ctenochasma (Pterosauria) from the latest Jurassic of eastern France, with a taxonomic revision of European Tithonian Pterodactyloidea. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24:542-554 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 92146: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 02.11.2009
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Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Ctenochasma taqueti n. sp.
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