Vitrolles-Couperigne, F3 (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

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• "Rognacian"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; marl and limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: G. Garcia, M. Pincema, M. Vianey-Liaud, B. Marandat, E. Lorenz, G. Cheylan, H. Cappetta, J. Michaux, and J. Sudre. 1999. Découverte du premier squelette presque complet de Rhabdodon priscus (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) du Maastrichtien inférieur de Provence [Discovery of the first nearly complete skeleton of Rhabdodon priscus (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) from the Early Maastrichtian of Provence (southern France)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 328:415-421 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59267: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.03.2006

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Reptilia
 Theropoda -
cf. Ageroolithus sp. Vianey-Liaud and López-Martínez 1997 theropod
  - Prismatoolithidae
Prismatoolithus cf. tenuis Vianey-Liaud and Crochet 1994 dinosaur
 Saurischia - Titanosauridae
Megaloolithus cf. aureliensis Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994 titanosaurid
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
 Architaenioglossa - Cyclophoridae
Cyclophoridae indet. Gray 1847 snail
 Charales - Characea