Velaux-La Bastide Neuve: Late/Upper Campanian, France
collected by X. Valentin 1992, 2002–2009, 2012
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Charales
- Characea
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Platychara caudata
Grambast 1971
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Martin et al. 2016 | |||||||||
Peckichara pectinata
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Martin et al. 2016 | |||||||||
Peckichara cancellata
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Martin et al. 2016 | |||||||||
? Amblyochara begudiana
Grambast 1962
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Martin et al. 2016 | |||||||||
unclassified
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Saportanella maslovi
Grambast 1962
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Martin et al. 2016 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Physidae
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Physa sp.
Draparnaud 1801
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Vullo et al. 2018 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Thiaridae
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Melania sp.
Lamarck 1800
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Vullo et al. 2018 | |||||||||
synonym of Thiara | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Unio sp.
Philipsson 1788
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Vullo et al. 2018 | |||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
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Decapoda indet.
Latreille 1802
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Vullo et al. 2018 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Meristodonoides sp.
Underwood and Cumbaa 2010
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Martin et al. 2016 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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Martin et al. 2016 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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Martin et al. 2016 | |||||||||
isolated eggshells (testudoid, crocodiloidand prismatic morphotypes) | ||||||||||
Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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= Allodaposuchus precedens
Nopcsa 1928
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Cavin et al. 2020 | |||||||||
= Allodaposuchus iberoarmoricanus n. sp.
Blanco 2021
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Blanco 2021 | |||||||||
MMS/VBN-12-10A - type | ||||||||||
Atsinganosaurus velauciensis n. gen., n. sp.
Garcia et al. 2010
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2 individuals | |||||||||
VBN.93.01.a, b, c and d; VBN.93.12a, b and c three cervical vertebrae; VBN.93.11 scapula; VBN.93.10 metatarsal; VBN.93.03-08 caudal ver- tebra. Musée de Paléontologie, Université de Provence, France: VBN.02.03, 22 and 53 teeth; VBN.02.78 a and b scapulo-coracoid; VBN.02.99 isolated dorsal vertebra; VBN.02.82 sacrum; VBN.02.90 metacarpal; VBN.02.109 tibia; VBN.02.110 caudal vertebra. Musée archéologique de Velaux, France: VBN.00.12 humerus; VBN.00.01-03 caudal vertebrae. Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle d’Aix-en-Provence, France: VBN.93.MHNA.99.21 tooth; VBN.93.MHNA.99.52 humerus; VBN.93.MHNA.99.32-34 caudal vertebrae. | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Titanosauridae
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Megaloolithus aureliensis
Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
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Vullo et al. 2018 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Rhabdodontidae
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Rhabdodontidae indet.
Weishampel et al. 2003
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Rhabdodon sp.
(Matheron 1869)
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Martin et al. 2016 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
MMS/VBN-02-102, a R maxilla; MMS/VBN-93-34, MMS/VBN-09-149a, & MMS/VBN-09-150: maxillary teeth; MMS/VBN-12-22: maxillary tooth crown; MMS/VBN-02-11, MMS/VBN-09-43c, & MMS/VBN-12-A002: dentary teeth | ||||||||||
= Matheronodon provincialis n. gen., n. sp.
Godefroit et al. 2017
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Godefroit et al. 2017 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Nodosauridae
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Nodosauridae indet.
Marsh 1890
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Reptilia
- Abelisauridae
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Neoceratosauria indet.
Novas 1991
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Martin et al. 2016 | |||||||||
= Abelisauridae indet.
Bonaparte and Novas 1985
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Cavin et al. 2020 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Dromaeosauridae indet.
Colbert and Russell 1969
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Martin et al. 2016 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Azhdarchidae
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Mistralazhdarcho maggii n. gen., n. sp.
Vullo et al. 2018
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Vullo et al. 2018 | 1 individual | ||||||||
MMS/VBN.09.C.001 - holotype | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudinata indet.
(Oppel 1811)
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= cf. Polysternon sp.
Portis 1882
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Martin et al. 2016 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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cf. Solemys sp.
Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga 1996
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Martin et al. 2016 | |||||||||
Coelacanthimorpha
- Coelacanthiformes
- Mawsoniidae
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Mawsoniidae indet.
Schultze 1993
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Vullo et al. 2018 | |||||||||
= Axelrodichthys megadromos
Cavin et al. 2016
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Cavin et al. 2020 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | France | State/province: | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | County: | Bouches-du-Rhône |
Coordinates: | 43.6° North, 6.1° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.3° North, 6.8° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Altitude: | 424 meters | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: three fossil-bearing horizons, "Bégudien" facies |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | yellow sandy claystone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "yellowish sandy clays" | |
Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Geology comments: "as a freshwater environment corresponding to fluvial setting of moder- ate energy with broad floodplain" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Articulated whole bodies: | none |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated major elements: | many |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | X. Valentin | Collection dates: | 1992, 2002–2009, 2012 |
Metadata
Also known as: | VBN | ||
Database number: | 220134 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2021-05-07 11:48:16 | Last modified: | 2023-08-15 10:29:35 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-05-07 11:48:16 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
33197. | ETE | G. Garcia, S. Amico, F. Fournier, E. Thouand, and X. Valentin. 2010. A new titanosaur genus (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of southern France and its paleobiogeographic implications. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France 181(3):269-277 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
77104 | A. Blanco. 2021. Importance of the postcranial skeleton in eusuchian phylogeny: Reassessing the systematics of allodaposuchid crocodylians. PLoS ONE 16(6):e0251900:1-24 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
76814 | L. Cavin, E. Buffetaut, Y. Dutour, G. Garcia, J. Le Loeuff, A. Méchin, P. Méchin, H. Tong, T. Tortosa, E. Turini, and X. Valentin. 2020. The last known freshwater coelacanths: new Late Cretaceous mawsoniid remains (Osteichthyes: Actinistia) from southern France. PLoS One 15(6):e0234183:1-19 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
74890 | V. Díez Díaz, G. Garcia, X. Pereda Suberbiola, B. Jentgen-Ceschino, K. Stein, P. Godefroit, and X. Valentin. 2021. A new titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Velaux-La-Bastide Neuve (southern France). Historical Biology 33(11):2998-3017 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano] | |
75854 | P. Godefroit, G. Garcia, B. Gomez, K. Stein, A. Cincotta, U. Lefèvre, and X. Valentin. 2017. Extreme tooth enlargement in a new Late Cretaceous rhabdodontid dinosaur from Southern France. Scientific Reports 7:13098:1-9 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
80599 | E. Isasmendi, A. Torices, J. I. Canudo, P. J. Currie, and X. Pereda-Suberbiola. 2022. Upper Cretaceous European theropod palaeobiodiversity, palaeobiogeography and the intra‐Maastrichtian faunal turnover: new contributions from the Iberian fossil site of Laño. Papers in Palaeontology 8(1):e1419:1-38 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
56449 | J. E. Martin, M. Delfino, G. Garcia, P. Godefroit, S. Berton and X. Valentin. 2016. New specimens of Allodaposuchus precedens from France: intraspecific variability and the diversity of European Late Cretaceous eusuchians. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176(3):607-631 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
67167 | R. Vullo, G. Garcia, P. Godefroit, A. Cincotta, and X. Valentin. 2018. Mistralazhdarcho maggii, gen. et sp. nov., A New Azhdarchid Pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Southeastern France. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(4):1-16 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |