Where: Bouches-du-Rhône, France (43.6° N, 5.9° E: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 4.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 65.5 Ma)
• approximately 5 levels at 2-12 m above base of section; overlain by La Galante Conglomerate
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "channel"; red, silty claystone and medium-grained sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: M. Vianey-Liaud, P. Mallan, O. Buscail and C. Montgelard. 1994. Review of French dinosaur eggshells: morphology, structure, mineral, and organic composition. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 151-183 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 61624: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 21.06.2006