Velaux-La Bastide Neuve (Cretaceous of France)

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

• "as a freshwater environment corresponding to fluvial setting of moder- ate energy with broad floodplain"
• "yellowish sandy clays"

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

Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Meristodonoides sp.4 Underwood and Cumbaa 2010 elasmobranch
Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.4 Laurenti 1768 reptile
isolated eggshells (testudoid, crocodiloidand prismatic morphotypes)
 Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae
Mistralazhdarcho maggii n. gen. n. sp.5
Mistralazhdarcho maggii n. gen. n. sp.5 Vullo et al. 2018 pterosaur
MMS/VBN.09.C.001 - holotype
 Ornithischia - Rhabdodontidae
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
 Ornithischia - Nodosauridae
Nodosauridae indet. Marsh 1890 ankylosaur
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae indet.4 Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran
 Theropoda - Abelisauridae
Abelisauridae indet.2 Bonaparte and Novas 1985 ceratosaur
 Saurischia -
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.
 Saurischia - Titanosauridae
Megaloolithus aureliensis5 Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994 titanosaurid
 Loricata - Allodaposuchidae
Allodaposuchus iberoarmoricanus n. sp.1 Blanco 2021 crocodilian
 Testudinata - Helochelydridae
cf. Solemys sp.4 Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga 1996 turtle
 Testudines - Bothremydidae
cf. Polysternon sp.4 Portis 1882 sideneck turtle
Coelacanthimorpha
 Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae
Axelrodichthys megadromos2 Cavin et al. 2016 coelacanth
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet.4 Cuvier 1825 gar
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
"Melania sp." = Thiara5
"Melania sp." = Thiara5 Röding 1798 snail
 Heterostropha - Physidae
Physa sp.5 Draparnaud 1801 snail
Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
Unio sp.5 Philipsson 1788 freshwater mussel
Malacostraca
 Decapoda -
Decapoda indet.5 Latreille 1802 decapod
 Charales - Characea
Saportanella maslovi
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Saportanella maslovi4 Grambast 1962