Vitrolles-Couperigne, "Rhabdodon level" (Cretaceous to of France)

Where: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (44.4° N, 5.9° E: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 6.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Campanian to Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• "Rognacian"; middle-late Campanian following Fondevilla et al. (2019)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray marl and claystone

• gray marls with calcareous nodules

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Univ. Montpellier in 1995

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: J. Le Loeuff. 1998. Les dinosaures du Crétacé supérieur de l'Île Ibéro-Armoricaine [The dinosaurs of the Upper Cretaceous of the Ibero-Armorican Island]. In A. M. G. de Carvalho, A. M. Andrade, V. F. dos Santos, J. Cascalho, R. Taborda, (eds.), I Encontro Internacional sobre Paleobiologia dos Dinossáurios. Museu Nacional de História Natural, Lisboa 49-64 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59268: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.03.2006

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata -
Ischyrochampsa meridionalis2 Vasse 1995 crocodilian
 Ornithischia - Rhabdodontidae
Rhabdodon "sp. 1"1 Matheron 1869 rhabdodontid
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae indet.2 Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran