ammonites
Montplô Nord, Cruzy (Cretaceous to of France)

Also known as Montplo-Nord

Where: Hérault, France (43.3° N, 3.0° E: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 3.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 65.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; red marl and sandstone

• floodplain environment
• Continental red marls interbedded with sandstone lenses

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J.-C. Guilhaumon in 1996

Collection methods: mechanical,

• discovered by Jean-Claude Guilhaumon

Primary reference: R. Fléaux. 1999. La terreur du crétacé [The terror of the Cretaceous]. Sciences et Avenir May 1999:46-48 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59887: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 19.04.2006, edited by Roger Benson and Philip Mannion

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