Pioch Herbaut (PHM) (Cretaceous of France)

Also known as Pioch-Herbaut, Pioch Heraut, Pioch-Herbault

Where: Languedoc-Roussillon, France (43.7° N, 3.8° E: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 2.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• ?lower Rognacian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Vianey-Liaud and J.-Y. Crochet. 1994. Dinosaur eggshells from the Late Cretaceous of Laeguedoc (southern France). Dinosaurs and Other Fossil Reptiles of Europe, Second Georges Cuvier Symposium. Revue de Paléobiologie Volume spécial 7:237-149 [J. Alroy/A. Garcia Selles/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70285: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 20.03.2007, edited by Albert Garcia Selles

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Cairanoolithidae
"Dughioolithus aff. roussetensis" = Cairanoolithus roussetensis
"Dughioolithus aff. roussetensis" = Cairanoolithus roussetensis Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994 ornithischian
PHM-31, 37, 47
 Saurischia - Titanosauridae
Megaloolithus aff. petralta, Megaloolithus aureliensis
Megaloolithus aff. petralta Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994 titanosaurid
PHM-50, 300
Megaloolithus aureliensis Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994 titanosaurid
PHM-299
  - Prismatoolithidae
Prismatoolithus tenuis n. sp., Prismatoolithus matellensis n. sp.
Prismatoolithus tenuis n. sp. Vianey-Liaud and Crochet 1994 dinosaur
PHM-1, 15
Prismatoolithus matellensis n. sp. Vianey-Liaud and Crochet 1994 dinosaur
PHM-20–22