Also known as VBN
Where: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (43.6° N, 6.1° E: paleocoordinates 34.3° N, 6.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• three fossil-bearing horizons, "Bégudien" facies
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; yellow, sandy claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by X. Valentin in 1992, 2002–2009, 2012
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: G. Garcia, S. Amico, F. Fournier, E. Thouand, and X. Valentin. 2010. A new titanosaur genus (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of southern France and its paleobiogeographic implications. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France 181(3):269-277 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 220134: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 07.05.2021, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia indet.4 Laurenti 1768 reptile isolated eggshells (testudoid, crocodiloidand prismatic morphotypes)
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Mistralazhdarcho maggii n. gen. n. sp.5
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Rhabdodontidae indet. Weishampel et al. 2003 rhabdodontid
Matheronodon provincialis n. gen. n. sp.3 Godefroit et al. 2017 rhabdodontid MMS/VBN-02-102, a R maxilla; MMS/VBN-93-34, MMS/VBN-09-149a, & MMS/VBN-09-150: maxillary teeth; MMS/VBN-12-22: maxillary tooth crown; MMS/VBN-02-11, MMS/VBN-09-43c, & MMS/VBN-12-A002: dentary teeth
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Nodosauridae indet. Marsh 1890 ankylosaur | |
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Atsinganosaurus velauciensis n. gen. n. sp.
Atsinganosaurus velauciensis n. gen. n. sp. Garcia et al. 2010 sauropod VBN.93.01.a, b, c and d; VBN.93.12a, b and c three cervical vertebrae; VBN.93.11 scapula; VBN.93.10 metatarsal; VBN.93.03-08 caudal ver- tebra. Musée de Paléontologie, Université de Provence, France: VBN.02.03, 22 and 53 teeth; VBN.02.78 a and b scapulo-coracoid; VBN.02.99 isolated dorsal vertebra; VBN.02.82 sacrum; VBN.02.90 metacarpal; VBN.02.109 tibia; VBN.02.110 caudal vertebra. Musée archéologique de Velaux, France: VBN.00.12 humerus; VBN.00.01-03 caudal vertebrae. Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle d’Aix-en-Provence, France: VBN.93.MHNA.99.21 tooth; VBN.93.MHNA.99.52 humerus; VBN.93.MHNA.99.32-34 caudal vertebrae.
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Allodaposuchus iberoarmoricanus n. sp.1
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Coelacanthimorpha | |
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Actinopteri | |
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Gastropoda | |
"Melania sp." = Thiara5
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Bivalvia | |
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Malacostraca | |
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? Amblyochara begudiana4 Grambast 1962
Platychara caudata4 Grambast 1971 | |
Saportanella maslovi | |
Saportanella maslovi4 Grambast 1962 |