The Puy-Puy quarry at Tonnay-Charente (Charente-Maritime, SW France) is a sand quarry exposing a 9-m-thick series of latest Albian–earliest Cenomanian (mid-Cretaceous) age. The uppermost Albian deposits consist of lignitic clay containing fossiliferous amber. The lowermost Cenomanian sand deposits alternate with clay intercalations containing plant remains. One of these clay levels, named P1, shows an outstanding accumulation of conifer and angiosperm macrofossils including delicate reproductive structures such as flowers. Plant remains are associated with invertebrates such as insects (Odonata, Dictyoptera, Diptera), crustaceans (Mecochirus sp.), putative brachiopods (aff. Lingula sp.), and worms. A few vertebrate remains such as shark egg capsules (Palaeoxyris sp.) and a feather are present in the fossil assemblage, as well as an enigmatic specimen tentatively interpreted as a cephalochordate or a petromyzontiform. Various ichnofossils occur in abundance, such as crustacean coprolites and burrows (Ophiomorpha isp.), insect coprolites (Microcarpolithes hexagonalis), and leaves with grazing structures, galls and mines. The sediments have been deposited in a coastal, calm and brackish area.

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Paralic Albian-Cenomanian Puy-Puy Lagerstätte（法国阿基坦盆地）：概述和新数据

位于 Tonnay-Charente（Charente-Maritime，法国西南部）的 Puy-Puy 采石场是一个 9 米厚的采石场，展示了最新的阿尔比 - 最早的 Cenomanian（白垩纪中期）时代。最上面的阿尔比亚矿床由含有化石琥珀的褐煤粘土组成。最低的森诺曼阶砂矿床与含有植物遗骸的粘土夹层交替出现。其中一个名为 P1 的粘土层显示出大量针叶树和被子植物的大型化石，包括花朵等精致的生殖结构。植物遗骸与无脊椎动物有关，例如昆虫（蜻蜓目、网翅目、双翅目）、甲壳类（Mecochirus sp.）、假定的腕足类（aff. Lingula sp.）和蠕虫。化石组合中存在一些脊椎动物遗骸，例如鲨鱼卵囊 (Palaeoxyris sp.) 和羽毛，以及一个神秘的标本，暂时被解释为头脊索动物或岩藻。各种化石化石丰富，例如甲壳类粪化石和洞穴 (Ophiomorpha isp.)、昆虫粪化石 (Microcarpolitheshexalis) 以及带有食草结构的树叶、虫瘿和矿藏。沉积物沉积在沿海、平静和微咸的地区。