ammonites
Rennes-le-Château (F1A, F2A) (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Languedoc-Roussillon, France (42.9° N, 2.3° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 2.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Grès des Estous Formation, Maastrichtian (70.6 - 65.5 Ma)

• Begudo-Rognacian; 2 levels

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "channel"; conglomeratic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: J.-C. Beetschen. 1986. Sur les niveaux à coquilles d'oeufs de Dinosauriens de la région de Rennes-le-Château (Aude) [On the beds with dinosaur eggshells in the Rennes-le-Château region (Aude)]. Les Dinosaures de La Chine à La France, Colloque International de Paléontologie, Toulouse, France, 2-6 Septembre 1985; Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse, Toulouse 113-126 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 91093: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 04.09.2009

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