La Bégude (LBE) (Cretaceous of France)

Also known as Rousset-Horizon A, La Begude

Where: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (43.5° N, 5.5° E: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 4.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• near "Rousset Horizon A", beneath Rognac Limestone; Lower Rognacian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by H. K. Erben, G. Breton in 1978, 1987

Primary reference: H. K. Erben, J. Hoefs, and K. H. Wedepohl. 1979. Paleobiological and isotopic studies of eggshells from a declining dinosaur species. Palaeontology 5(4):380-414 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 65389: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.09.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Cairanoolithidae
"Dughioolithus sp." = Cairanoolithus1
"Dughioolithus sp." = Cairanoolithus1 Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994 ornithischian
 Saurischia - Titanosauridae
Megaloolithus aff. mamillare2 Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994 titanosaurid
Megaloolithus siruguei n. sp.2 Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994 titanosaurid