Puy−Puy quarry (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Charente-Maritime, France (45.9° N, 0.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 1.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: A2 subunit Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• A2 lithological subunit

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithified claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collected by Eric Depré; reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: A. Nel, D. Neraudeau, V. Perrichot, V. Girard, and B. Gomez. 2008. A new dragonfly family from the Upper Cretaceous of France. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(1):165-168 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119082: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 20.10.2011, edited by Jonathan Tennant

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Pinopsida
 Pinales -
Glenrosa sp. Watson and Fisher 1984
 Pinales - Taxaceae
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpoxylon sp. Gothan 1905 podocarp
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Polypodiopsida
  - Osmundaceae
Dammarophyllum
  -
Dammarophyllum sp. Velenovsky 1889
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Agathoxylon sp. Hartig 1848
Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Coelurosauria indet. Huene 1914 coelurosaur
Feather: PUY V3, part and counterpart MHLNR 2013.3.3
Palaeoxyris
  -
Palaeoxyris sp. Brongniart 1828
Egg capsules, Palaeoxyris morphotype; PUY V1: part (MHNLR 2013.3.1) and counterpart; PUY V2: part (MHNLR 2013.3.2) and counterpart
Insecta
 Odonata - Enigmaeshnidae
Enigmaeshna deprei n. gen. n. sp.
Enigmaeshna deprei n. gen. n. sp. Nel et al. 2008 true dragonfly
MNHN LP R 63889
 Dicondylia -
Blattodea indet. Latreille 1810 cockroach