Where: Poitou-Charentes, France (46.0° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 1.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; glauconitic, sandy claystone and amber
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: amber
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 65422: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Podocarpoxylon sp. Gothan 1905 podocarp | |
Brachyoxylon sp. Hollick and Jeffrey 1909 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ginkgoxylon sp. Saporta 1884 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Bivalvia | |
Gyrostrea cf. delettrei Coquand 1862 oyster | |
Acutostrea lingularis oyster | |
Insecta | |
Insecta indet. Linnaeus 1758 insect | |
Homoptera indet. Leach 1815 true bug | |
Chalcidoidea indet. Leach 1815 chalcid wasp | |
Ceratopogonidae indet. Newman 1834 biting midge | |
Dolichopodidae indet. Latreille 1809 long-legged fly |