ammonites
Bellevue, locality C3 (C III) (Cretaceous to of France)

Also known as Campagne-sur-Aude

Where: Languedoc-Roussillon, France (42.9° N, 2.2° E: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 3.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Marnes de la Maurine Member (Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation), Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 65.5 Ma)

• "red marls of Maurine" member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; red marl and lenticular, fine-grained, coarse conglomerate

• "fluvial marls interbedded with microconglomeratic lenses"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Clottes, Raynaud in 1986-

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• also includes "remains of plants and invertebrates"

Primary reference: P. Clottes and C. Raynaud. 1983. Le gisement à dinosauriens de Campagne-sur-Aude–Esperaza. Observations préliminaires. Premiers résultats [The dinosaur locality at Campagne-sur-Aude–Esperaza. Preliminary observations. First results]. Bulletin de la Société d'Études Scientifiques de l'Aude 83:5-14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48850: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 31.03.2005, edited by Roger Benson

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