Cap de la Hève, Octeville (Jurassic of France)

Where: Normandie, France (49.5° N, 1.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 8.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Harpagodes Marl/Middle Member (Marnes de Bléville Formation), Early/Lower Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

Harpagodes marl bed (= middle member), "Marnes de Bléville" formation

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; marl

• "shallow marine, well-oxygenated environment"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1991

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: E. Buffetaut and E. Cacheleux. 1997. The dinosaur Dryosaurus (Ornithopoda, Dryosauridae) in the Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic) of Normandy: palaeobiogeographical implications. Compte Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, série IIa 324:499-503 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35968: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.01.2004

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Dryosauridae
Dryosaurus sp. Marsh 1894 ornithopod