France

Pleuroceras spinatum (Bruguière 1789)- Amaltheidae; Pyritic specimen. biozone index to the end of Pliensbachian. Stage : Pliensbachian from 189,6 ± 1,5 Ma to -183,0 ± 1,5 Ma (million years ago) (Domerian) Locality: Lanuéjols, Gard, France Size : 4.5x3.8x1.45 cm 30.6g

Fossil shell of Aulacostephanus yo from France, on display at Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy, Paris.

Crioceratites fabreae fossils on display at the French National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France.

Crioceratites duvali fossil on display at the French National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France.

Abri sous falaise à Voulgézac (Charente, France)

Rock shelter (abri) in Coniacian limestone in the Boulou valley (left-hand side) near La Tabaterie, commune of La Gonterie-Boulouneix, Dordogne, France. In the abri there is a natural spring and next to it a deep well - dangerous!

Limestone cliff with the stratigraphic stage of Cretaceous Coniacian near the eponym town of Cognac, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France.

crétacé limestone at Cognac, Charente, SW France

Cretaceous limestone at Cognac, Charente, SW France

Ivy and limestone cliff of Cretaceous Coniacian, Cognac, Charente, France.

Limestone Cretaceous cornices (Coniacian type), valley of the river Voultron; Blanzaguet-Saint-Cybard, Charente, France.

Simplified stratigraphic chart of the Angoumian, a Turonian sedimentary group in the northern Aquitaine Basin, France. Facies changes are not indicated.

landscape of Montmorélien (Cretaceous Campanian), Charente, SW France

Typical landscape of the hills around Montmoreau. Saint-Amant, Charente, France.

Typical landscape of the hills around Montmoreau. Saint-Amant, Charente, France.

Chalky hillside with its characteristic vegetation (dry lawn, juniper, orchids, pines on the top). Juignac, Charente, France.