Marnes des Dives summit (Jurassic of France)

Also known as Villers-sur-Mer

Where: Calvados, France (49.3° N, 0.0° W: paleocoordinates 39.5° N, 10.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lamberti ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• Praelamberti horizon

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Hua, P. Vignaud, E. Pennetier and G. Pennetier. 1994. Un squelette de Steneosaurus obtusidens Andrews 1909 dans le Callovien de Villers-sur-Mer (Calvados, France) et le probleme de la definition des Teleosauridae a dents obtuses. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences Serie II A Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes 318:1557-1562 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 154956: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 24.03.2014

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata -
"Steneosaurus obtusidens" = Lemmysuchus obtusidens
"Steneosaurus obtusidens" = Lemmysuchus obtusidens Andrews 1909 marine crocodile
Teeth