Rognac train station: Maastrichtian, France
collected by P. Matheron, L. Roule 1869
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Dinosauria
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? Dinosauria indet.
Owen 1842
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Roule 1885 | |||||||||
| "Reptilian eggshells seem to belong, by their microscopic structure, to Chelonian eggs, while their size tends to attribute them to Hypselosaurus or Rhabdodon" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Titanosauridae
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Hypselosaurus priscus n. gen., n. sp.
Matheron 1869
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| nomen dubium belonging to Titanosauridae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Aphodidemys gaudryi n. sp.
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= Solemys gaudryi
Matheron 1869
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Joyce 2017 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | County: | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| Coordinates: | 43.5° North, 5.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.9° North, 4.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 1095 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Rognacian"; base of the Rognacian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | P. Matheron, L. Roule | Collection dates: | 1869 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Hypselosaurus type, Bassin d'Aix, gare de Rognac | ||
| Database number: | 48863 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-04-01 06:30:46 | Last modified: | 2017-06-07 16:40:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-01 06:30:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 56218. | P. Matheron. 1869. Notice sur les reptiles fossiles des dépôts fluvio-lacustres crétacés du bassin à lignite de Fuveau [Notice on the fossil reptiles from the Cretaceous fluvio-lacustrine deposits of the lignitic Fuveau Basin]. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres, et Arts de Marseille 1868–1869:345-379 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 14221 | ETE | K. Carpenter and K. Alf. 1994. Global distribution of dinosaur eggs, nests, and babies. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 13-30 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 55896 | R. Dughi and F. Sirugue. 1976. L'extinction des dinosaures à la lumière des gisements d'oeufs du Crétacé terminal du sud de la France, principalement dans le bassin d'Aix-en-Provence [The extinction of the dinosaurs in light of egg localities from the terminal Cretaceous of the south of Franch, mainly in the Aix-en-Provence Basin]. Paléobiologie Continentale 7(1):1-39 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 62124 | W. G. Joyce. 2017. A Review of the Fossil Record of Basal Mesozoic Turtles. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 58(1):65-113 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion] | |
| 46006 | A. F. d. Lapparent. 1947. Les dinosauriens du Crétacé Supérieur du Midi de la France [The dinosaurs of the Upper Cretaceous of the south of France]. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France, Nouvelle Série 56:1-54 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 45099 | A. F. d. Lapparent. 1967. Les dinosaures de France [The dinosaurs of France]. Sciences 51:4-19 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 13022 | ETE | J. Le Loeuff. 1993. European titanosaurids. Revue de Paléobiologie, Volume Spéciale 7:105-117 [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] |
| 7647 | P. Matheron. 1869. Note sur les reptiles fossiles des dépôts fulvio-lacustres crétaces du bassin à lignite de Fuveau [Note on the fossil reptiles from the fluvio-lacustrine deposits of the Fuveau lignite basin]. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, série 2 26:781-795 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 62430 | L. Roule. 1885. Recherches sur le terrain fluvio-lacustre inférieur de Provence [Studies on the lower fluvio-lacustrine terrain of Provence]. Annales des Sciences Géologiques 18(2):1-138 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 62429 | L. Schwarz, F. Fehse, G. Müller, F. Andersson, and F. Sieck. 1961. Untersuchungen an Dinosaurier-Eischalen von Aix en Provence und der Mongolei (Shabarakh Usu) [Studies on dinosaur eggshells from Aix en Provence and Mongolia (Shabarakh Usu)]. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie Abteilung A 165(3-4):344-379 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |