ammonites
F41, Le Mourrel (Permian to of France)

Where: Languedoc, France (43.0° N, 3.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.2° N, 20.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Salagou Formation, Roadian to Roadian (272.5 - 265.0 Ma)

• Between 10-70 m below the 800 marker bed

Environment/lithology: dry floodplain; brown, red claystone and siltstone

• Playa
• Fossils found in rills or siltstone channels

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: A. Nel, G. Fleck, R. Garrouste, G. Gand, J. Lapeyrie, S. M. Bybee, and J. Prokop. 2009. Revision of Permo-Carboniferous griffenflies (Insecta: Odonatoptera: Meganisoptera) based upon new species and redescription of selected poorly known taxa from Eurasia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 289(4-6):89-121 [M. Clapham/J. Karr] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 104990: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 12.02.2011

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