Castigno, Villespassans (Cretaceous to of France)

Also known as South of Saint-Chinian

Where: Languedoc-Roussillon, France (43.4° N, 2.9° E: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 3.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Saint-Chinian Formation, Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)

• late Campanian-early Maastrichtian according to Buffetaut and Angst (2016)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandy claystone

• "argiles rutilantes"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. Miquel, C. Depéret, J. Bourdelle, A. Lapparent in 1890s, 1939, 2019, 2020

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• Miquel worked with the proprietor of the land around Castigno, Mr. Vincent Andral, and found "thousands of bones" but no "characteristic teeth." Left in place in sandstone on stream banks: scapula, vertebra, femur. Discovery followed by Depéret's work.

Primary reference: J. Miquel. 1897. Note sur la géologie des terrains secondaires et des terraines tertiaires du Département de l'Herault [Note on the geology of the Secondary terrains and the Tertiary terrains of the Department of Herault]. Bulletin de la Société d'Etude des Sciences Naturelles de Béziers 19:31-74 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 59686: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 07.04.2006, edited by Patricia Holroyd and Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudinata - Helochelydridae
? Helochelydridae indet.2 Nopcsa 1928 turtle
 Testudines - Bothremydidae
Foxemydina indet.2 Gaffney et al. 2006 sideneck turtle
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet.3 dinosaur
eggshells
 Ornithischia - Rhabdodontidae
Rhabdodon sp.2 Matheron 1869 rhabdodontid
tibia (Musée de Cruzy)
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae indet.2 Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran
tooth (Musée de Cruzy)
Aves
 Ornithurae - Gargantuaviidae
Gargantuaviidae indet.2 Buffetaut and Angst 2019 bird
scapulae (VC-Z2-11 and 12, Musée de Cruzy)
 Enantiornithes -
Castignovolucris sebei n. gen. n. sp.1
Castignovolucris sebei n. gen. n. sp.1 Buffetaut et al. 2023 bird
coracoid (VC-Z2-6, Musée de Cruzy)
Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Titanosauria indet.2 Bonaparte and Coria 1993 sauropod
scapula, vertebra, femur (Musée de Cruzy)