Théry quarry, Wimereux: Valanginian, France
collected by H. Parent, H.-E. Sauvage
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Pelorosaurus humerocristatus
(Lydekker 1888)
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Sauvage 1906 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
= Dinosauria indet.
Owen 1842
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Lapparent 1967 | |||||||||
Megalosaurus insignis
Eudes-Deslongchamps and Lennier 1870
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1 specimen | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Theropoda | ||||||||||
ungual | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | France | State/province: | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | County: | Pas-de-Calais |
Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 1.6° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 41.5° North, 11.2° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Stage: | Valanginian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
Key time interval: | Valanginian | ||
Age range of interval: | 139.80000 - 132.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: originally described as coming from the "highest Jurassic beds" and "Wealden" |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection,survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collectors: | H. Parent, H.-E. Sauvage |
Metadata
Database number: | 140019 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2013-02-27 08:14:50 | Last modified: | 2013-10-23 17:26:54 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-02-27 08:14:50 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
48563. | H. Parent. 1893. Le Wealdien du Bas-Boulonnais [The Wealden of the Bas-Boulonnais]. Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord 21:50-93 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
45554 | E. Buffetaut, G. Cuny, and J. Le Loeuff. 1991. French dinosaurs: the best record in Europe?. Modern Geology 16:17-42 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
45099 | A. F. d. Lapparent. 1967. Les dinosaures de France [The dinosaurs of France]. Sciences 51:4-19 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
45553 | H.-E. Sauvage. 1906. Note sur le genre Pélorosaure [Note on the genus Pelorosaurus]. Bulletin de la société Academique de l'Arrondissement de Boulogne-sur-Mer 7:493-498 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |