Le Bexen, Montplaisir: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, France
collected by R. Rocchia 1992-1993
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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? Solemys sp.
Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga 1996
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Laurent 2003 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| dermal plate | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Pleurodira indet.
Cope 1865
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Laurent 2003 | |||||||||
| fragment of scapular girdle | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Dromaeosauridae indet.
Colbert and Russell 1969
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Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1996 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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= Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Laurent 2003 | |||||||||
| dorsal vertebra; MDE-Fo1-150 | ||||||||||
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cf. Telmatosaurus sp.
Nopcsa 1903
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56 specimens | |||||||||
| MDE-Fo1-01, 03-05, 10-12, 14, 16-19, 21-23, 45, 53, 64, 97, 114-115, 136, 139, 143, 148 | ||||||||||
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= Telmatosaurus sp.
Nopcsa 1903
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Le Loeuff et al. 1994 | |||||||||
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= Orthomerus dolloi
Seeley 1883
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Le Loeuff 1998 | |||||||||
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= Hadrosauroidea indet.
Huene 1954
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Dalla Vecchia 2014 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
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Pterosauria indet.
Kaup 1834
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Buffetaut et al. 1996 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MDE-Fo1-20, section of a wing bone | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Eusuchia indet.
Huxley 1875
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| vertebrae; MDE-Fo1-104 | ||||||||||
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Laurent 2003 | |||||||||
| teeth, squamosal, humerus, osteoderms; MDE-Fo1-61, 137 | ||||||||||
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= Eusuchia indet.
Huxley 1875
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Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Septorella ultima
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Aude |
| Coordinates: | 43.1° North, 2.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.7° North, 1.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 257 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||
| *International age/stage: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | *Local age/stage: | Late/Upper Rognacian |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Marnes Rouges de Roquelongue | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: also listed as Calcaires et Argiles de Vignevielle" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red,blue marl |
| Secondary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "The dinosaur locality is located above a freshwater limestone layer, within a series of red and purple marls, below a limestone bed containing flints and the charophyte Septorella ultima..." | |
| Environment: | "floodplain" |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | R. Rocchia | Collection dates: | 1992-1993 |
| Taxonomic list comments:Charophyte is from above the dinosaur layer. | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Fontjoncouse | ||
| Database number: | 28457 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-02-14 11:50:46 | Last modified: | 2020-09-21 16:16:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-02-14 11:50:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7843. | ETE | J. Le Loeuff, E. Buffetaut, M. Martin, V. Martin, and H. Tong. 1993. Découverte d'Hadrosauridae (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) dans le Maastrichtian des Corbières (Aude, France) [Discovery of Hadrosauridae (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) in the Maastrichtian of Corbières (Aude, France)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, Série II 316:1023-1029 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 30133 | E. Buffetaut. 2008. Late Cretaceous pterosaurs from France: a review. Zitteliana B 28:249-255 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 30138 | E. Buffetaut, J. B. Clarke, and J. Le Loeuff. 1996. A terminal Cretaceous pterosaur from the Corbières (southern France) and the problem of pterosaur extinction. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France 167:753-759 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 13026 | ETE | E. Buffetaut and J. Le Loeuff. 1997. Late Cretaceous dinosaurs from the foothills of the Pyrenees. Geology Today 1997(3-4):60-68 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 13042 | ETE | E. Buffetaut, J. Le Loeuff, L. Cavin, S. Duffaud, E. Gheerbrant, Y. Laurent, M. Martin, J.-C. Rage, H. Tong and D. Vasse. 1997. Late Cretaceous non-marine vertebrates from southern France: a review of recent finds. Géobios 20:101-108 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy] |
| 19147 | ETE | F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2006. Telmatosaurus and the other hadrosaurids of the Cretaceous European Archipelago. An overview. Natura Nascosta 32:1-55 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 56054 | F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2014. An overview of the latest Cretaceous hadrosauroid record in Europe. In D. A. Eberth & D. C. Evans (ed.), Hadrosaurs 268-297 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 56237 | Y. Laurent. 2003. Les faunes de vertébrés continentaux du Maastrichtien supérieur d'Europe: systématique et biodiversité [The continental vertebrate faunas of the upper Maastrichtian of Europe: systematics and biodiversity]. Strata, Série 2 41:1-81 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 36728 | ETE | J. Le Loeuff. 1998. Les dinosaures du Crétacé supérieur de l'Île Ibéro-Armoricaine [The dinosaurs of the Upper Cretaceous of the Ibero-Armorican Island]. In A. M. G. de Carvalho, A. M. Andrade, V. F. dos Santos, J. Cascalho, R. Taborda, (eds.), I Encontro Internacional sobre Paleobiologia dos Dinossáurios. Museu Nacional de História Natural, Lisboa 49-64 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 7844 | J. Le Loeuff, E. Buffetaut, and M. Martin. 1994. The last stages of dinosaur faunal history in Europe: a succession of Maastrichtian dinosaur assemblages from the Corbières (southern France). Geological Magazine 131(5):625-630 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 67934 | J. Le Loeuff and E. Buffetaut. 1995. The evolution of Late Cretaceous non-marine vertebrate fauna in Europe. Sixth Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota, Short Papers 181-184 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 14749 | ETE | J. Le Loeuff and E. Buffetaut. 1996. Late Cretaceous dromaeosaurids from southern France. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(3, suppl.):48A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 47749 | A. Prieto-Marquez, F. M. D. Vecchia, R. Gaete and A. Galobart. 2013. Diversity, relationships, and biogeography of the lambeosaurine dinosaurs from the European archipelago, with description of the new aralosaurin Canardia garonnensis. PLoS One 8(7):e69835:1-44 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano] | |
| 76284 | E. Puértolas-Pascual, A. Blanco, C. A. Brochu and J. I. Canudo. 2016. Review of the Late Cretaceous-early Paleogene crocodylomorphs of Europe: Extinction patterns across the K-PG boundary. Cretaceous Research 57:565-590 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |