Pourcieux, Les Tuillières: Maastrichtian, France
collected by P. Méchin 1980
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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| Broin 1977 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Abelisauridae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| maxilla | ||||||||||
| Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1995 | ||||||||||
| Isasmendi et al. 2022 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Titanosauridae
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| Le Loeuff 1993 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | County: | Var |
| Coordinates: | 43.5° North, 5.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.0° North, 14.2° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 231 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.2 - 66 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Rognacian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coarse sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Abundance in sediment: | rare |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | P. Méchin | Collection dates: | 1980s |
Metadata
| Database number: | 51692 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-06-10 13:35:30 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-06-10 13:35:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13763. | ETE | E. Buffetaut, P. Mechin, and A. Mechin-Salessy. 1988. Un dinosaure théropode d'affinités gondwaniennes dans le Crétacé supérieur de Provence [A theropod dinosaur of Gondwanan affinities in the Upper Cretaceous of Provence]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Série II 306:153-158 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 60047 | F. Broin. 1977. Contribution a l'etude des Cheloniens. Cheloniens continentaux due Cretace et du Tertiare de France. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie C, Sciences de la terre 38:1-366 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
| 45554 | E. Buffetaut, G. Cuny, and J. Le Loeuff. 1991. French dinosaurs: the best record in Europe?. Modern Geology 16:17-42 [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] | |
| 13022 | ETE | J. Le Loeuff. 1993. European titanosaurids. Revue de Paléobiologie, Volume Spéciale 7:105-117 [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] | |
| 90698 | E. Malafaia, F. Escaso, R. A. Coria, A. Pérez-García, and F. Ortega. 2025. Theropod teeth from the Upper Cretaceous of central Spain: Assessing the paleobiogeographic history of European abelisaurids. Cretaceous Research 168(78):106072 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |