Champ-Garimond (Cretaceous to of France)

Also known as Champ Garimond; Fons 0

Where: Languedoc-Roussillon, France (43.9° N, 4.2° E: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 5.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Begudo-Rognacian, now Campanian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: Universite´ Montpellier II (Sciences et Techniques), France

Primary reference: E. Buffetaut, B. Marandat, and B. Sigé. 1986. Découverte de dents de deinonychosaures (Saurischia, Theropoda) dans le Crétacé superieur du Sud de la France [Discovery of deinonychosaur teeth (Saurischia, Theropoda) in the Upper Cretaceous of southern France]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Série II 303:1393-1396 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74660: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.08.2007, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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 Charales - Characea
Amblyochara media2
Actinopteri
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amiidae indet.2
Amiidae indet.2 Huxley 1861 bowfin
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet.2
Lepisosteidae indet.2 Cuvier 1825 gar
 Osteoglossiformes - Osteoglossidae
Osteoglossidae indet.2
Osteoglossidae indet.2 Bonaparte 1832 arowana
 Teleostei -
Characiformes indet.2
Mammalia
 Tribosphenida - Zhelestidae
Labes garimondi n. sp.3
Labes garimondi n. sp.3 Pol et al. 1992 eutherian
Reptilia
 Loricata -
Eusuchia indet.4
Eusuchia indet.4 crocodilian
Teeth, previously assigned to Alligatoridae and Crocodyloidea by Buffetaut (1980), and Musturzabalsuchus by Pereda Suberbiola et al. (2000)
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae indet.2
Dromaeosauridae indet.2 Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran
CHG 48
 Saurischia - Titanosauridae
Titanosauridae indet.2
Titanosauridae indet.2 Lydekker 1885 titanosaurid
 Ornithischia - Rhabdodontidae
Rhabdodon sp.2
Rhabdodon sp.2 Matheron 1869 rhabdodontid
 Ornithischia - Nodosauridae
Nodosauridae indet.2
Nodosauridae indet.2 Marsh 1890 ankylosaur
 Testudines - Bothremydidae
cf. Polysternon sp.2
cf. Polysternon sp.2 Portis 1882 sideneck turtle
 Testudines - Dortokidae
Dortoka sp.1
Dortoka sp.1 Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga 1996 turtle
 Testudines -
"Apholidemys" aff. gaudryi2
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Iguanidae indet.2
Iguanidae indet.2 Oppel 1811 squamates
 Squamata - Boidae
Boidae indet.2
Boidae indet.2 Gray 1825 boa
 Squamata - Madtsoiidae
Madtsoiidae indet.2
Madtsoiidae indet.2 Hoffstetter 1961 snake
Amphibia
 Salientia -
Anura indet.2
Anura indet.2 Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog
 Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
Batrachosauroididae indet.2
Batrachosauroididae indet.2 Auffenberg 1958 salamander
 Caudata - Urodela
Salamandridae indet.2
Salamandridae indet.2 Gray 1825 newt
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.2
Gastropoda indet.2 Cuvier 1795 snail
1Lapparent de Broin et al. 2004; 2Laurent et al. 2001; 3Pol et al. 1992; 4Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2016