Grandpré, Ardennes: Early/Lower Albian, France
collected by C. Barrois
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Pterodactylus sedgwickii
Owen 1859
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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= Pterosauria indet.
Kaup 1834
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Sauvage 1882 | |||||||||
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= ? Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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Buffetaut and Wellnhofer 1983 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Pliosauridae
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Pliosaurus sp.
(Owen 1841)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Plesiosaurus pachyomus
Owen 1840
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| nomen vanum belonging to Plesiosauria | ||||||||||
| vertebrae | ||||||||||
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Polyptychodon interruptus
Owen 1841
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| nomen vanum belonging to Plesiosauria | ||||||||||
| teeth | ||||||||||
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Plesiosaurus latispinus
Owen 1854
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| nomen vanum belonging to Plesiosauria | ||||||||||
| dorsal vertebra | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Nodosauridae
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Hylaeosaurus armatus
Mantell 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| scute | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Metriacanthosauridae
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Megalosaurus bucklandi
(Mantell 1827)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| vertebra, possibly sacral | ||||||||||
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= Megalosaurus sp.
Parkinson 1822
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Sauvage 1876 | |||||||||
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= Megalosaurus superbus
Sauvage 1882
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Sauvage 1882 | |||||||||
| recombined as Erectopus superbus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ophthalmosauridae
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Ichthyosaurus campylodon
Carter 1846
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71 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Pervushovisaurus campylodon | ||||||||||
| vertebrae, tooth | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Champagne-Ardenne | County: | Ardennes |
| Coordinates: | 49.3° North, 4.9° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.1° North, 10.9° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 150 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Albian | Ammonoid zone: | Douvilleiceras mammillatum |
| Age range of interval: | 113.00000 - 109.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Gault"-age, level with Ammonites milletianus and A. mammillaris | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | C. Barrois |
| Collection method comments: Collection in the Lille Museum. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Huene 89, Sauvage | ||
| Database number: | 55335 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler | Enterer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-10-10 19:41:59 | Last modified: | 2021-02-13 21:20:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-10-10 19:41:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 52651. | C. Barrois. 1875. Les reptiles du terrain crétacé du N.-E. du bassin de Paris [The reptiles of the Cretaceous terrain of the NE of the Paris Basin]. Bulletin Scientifique, Historique et Littéraire du Département du Nord et des Pays Voisins 7(4–5):73-83 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 19429 | ETE | R. Allain. 2005. The enigmatic theropod dinosaur Erectopus superbus (Sauvage 1882) from the Lower Albian of Louppy-le-Château (Meuse, France). In K. Carpenter (ed.), The Carnivorous Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 72-86 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 45554 | E. Buffetaut, G. Cuny, and J. Le Loeuff. 1991. French dinosaurs: the best record in Europe?. Modern Geology 16:17-42 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 31980 | E. Buffetaut and P. Wellnhofer. 1983. Un reste de Ptérosaurien dans l'Hauterivien (Crétacé inférieur) de la Haute-Marne. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 25(1):111-115 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 14128 | ETE | F. v. Huene. 1926. The carnivorous Saurischia in the Jura and Cretaceous formations, principally in Europe. Revista del Museo de La Plata 29:35-167 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 45099 | A. F. d. Lapparent. 1967. Les dinosaures de France [The dinosaurs of France]. Sciences 51:4-19 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 19137 | ETE | H.-E. Sauvage. 1876. Notes sur les reptiles fossiles [Notes on fossil reptiles]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 3e série 4:435-444 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 19140 | ETE | H.-E. Sauvage. 1882. Recherches sur les reptiles trouvés dans le Gault de l'est du bassin de Paris [Research on the reptiles found in the Gault of the eastern Paris Basin]. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France, série 3 2(4):1-42 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 42893 | H.-E. Sauvage. 1882. Sur les Reptiles trouvés dans le Gault de l'est de la France [On the reptiles found in the Gault of eastern France]. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Académie des Sciences 94:1265-1266 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |