doi:10.1111/let.12394engRozada, L.Allain, R.Vullo, R.Goedert, J.Augier, D.Jean, A.Marchal, J.de Fabregues, C.P.Qvarnstrom, M.Royo-Torres, R.A Lower Cretaceous Lagerstatte from France: a taphonomic overview of the Angeac-Charente vertebrate assemblageART-2021-126477Terrestrial ecosystems from the Lower Cretaceous of Europe and bonebeds formed in swampy environments are poorly known. The Berriasian-early Valanginian Angeac-Charente site in France represents an example of both. Nine field campaigns have yielded thousands of fossils of over a hundred taxa, including 16 taxa from vertebrate macroremains with numerous trample and crocodile bite marks; 22 taxa from the abundant vertebrate microremains; >10 vertebrate coprolite morphotypes with plant and vertebrate inclusions; abundant sauropod and stegosaur tracks including some preserved in ''4-D''; termite coprolites; mollusc moulds; ostracods and plants, including coniferous wood, cones, leaves and cuticle fragments, charophytes and pollen. The richness, diversity and preservation of the fossils qualify the site as a fossil-Lagerstatte. The site represents a ''snapshot'' into a Lower Cretaceous ecosystem. This is supported by REE analyses of biogenic apatite and sediment samples, the fossils being found in a single stratigraphical interval and the record of sedimentological and taphonomic ''frozen scenes''. The Angeac-Charente bonebed is highly diverse, dominated by an ornithomimosaur taxon, and contains both macro- and microfossils. This indicates a complex formation, likely primarily influenced by ecological and biologic processes, but also significant physical processes. These include crocodyliform predation and/or scavenging on turtles, ornithomimosaurs and fishes; probable mass mortality occurrence of an ornithomimosaur herd; possible social behaviour of stegosaurs; limited hydraulic transport of most sauropod bones and intense dinoturbation.2021http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/15207310.1111/let.12394http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/152073oai:zaguan.unizar.es:152073info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FEDER/E04-17Rinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICIU/PGC2018-094034-B-C22Lethaia 54, 2 (2021), 141-165byhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess