La Boucharde (Cretaceous of France)

Also known as La Bouchard; Trets-La Boucharde

Where: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (43.4° N, 5.7° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 6.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Begudian; middle Campanian following Fondevilla et al. (2019)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1995–1996

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: R. Allain and P. Taquet. 2000. A new genus of Dromaeosauridae (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of France. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(2):404-407 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 48849: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 31.03.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudinata - Helochelydridae
Solemys sp. Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga 1996 turtle
 Testudines -
Chelydroidea indet. turtle
new taxon
 Testudines - Bothremydidae
Polysternon sp. Portis 1882 sideneck turtle
 Testudines - Dortokidae
Dortoka sp. Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga 1996 turtle
 Ornithischia - Nodosauridae
Nodosauridae indet. Marsh 1890 ankylosaur
 Ornithischia - Rhabdodontidae
Rhabdodon priscus1 Matheron 1869 rhabdodontid
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Pyroraptor olympius n. gen. n. sp.
Pyroraptor olympius n. gen. n. sp. Allain and Taquet 2000 maniraptoran
MNHN BO001
 Theropoda - Abelisauridae
Abelisauridae indet.2 Bonaparte and Novas 1985 ceratosaur
 Saurischia - Titanosauridae
Titanosauridae indet. Lydekker 1885 titanosaurid