Rennes-le-Château (F3): Early/Lower Maastrichtian, France
collected by P. Caillaud, R. Cousin 1968–1985

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Rhabdodontidae
Rhabdodon priscum (Matheron 1869)
Breton et al. 1986
recombined as Rhabdodon priscus
eggs
Reptilia - Titanosauridae
Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842
115 specimens
eggs
    = Hypselosaurus priscus Matheron 1869
Breton et al. 1986
    = Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842
Le Loeuff 1993
    = Megaloolithus siruguei Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
Vianey-Liaud et al. 2003
Reptilia - Theropoda
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
Beetschen 1986
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Beetschen 1986
type RT-2
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Languedoc-Roussillon County:Aude
Coordinates: 42.9° North, 2.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.8° North, 2.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Early/Lower Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Marnes Rouges Inférieures
Local section:Rennes-le-Château Local bed:10
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Equivalent continental stage is Begudo-Rognacian; layer with eggs is Rognacian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,red marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "soft, red marl", fossils in "a bariolitic marl, ...with fine granulometry
Environment:crevasse splay
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Abundance in sediment:abundant
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Fragmentation:frequent
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:P. Caillaud, R. Cousin Collection dates:1968–1985
Metadata
Database number:53479
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:K. Maguire, M. Carrano
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-09-09 10:01:56 Last modified:2023-08-16 03:49:11
Access level:the public Released:2005-09-09 10:01:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
30660.ETE P. Caillaud. 1968. Extension, vers Rennes-le-Château (Aude), des gisements d'oeufs de Dinosaures dans le Crétacé supérieur des Corbières [Extension, toward Rennes-le-Château (Aude), of the dinosaur egg localities in the Upper Cretaceous of the Corbières]. Compte Rendu Sommaire des Séances de la Société géologique de France 1968(4):111-112 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

30655ETE J.-C. Beetschen. 1986. Sur les niveaux à coquilles d'oeufs de Dinosauriens de la région de Rennes-le-Château (Aude) [On the beds with dinosaur eggshells in the Rennes-le-Château region (Aude)]. Les Dinosaures de La Chine à La France, Colloque International de Paléontologie, Toulouse, France, 2-6 Septembre 1985; Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse, Toulouse 113-126 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
30653ETE G. Breton, R. Fournier, and J.-P. Watte. 1986. Le lieu de ponte des Dinosaures de Rennes-le-Château (Aude): premiers résultats de la campagne de fouilles 1984 [The dinosaur burial site of Rennes-le-Château (Aude): first result of the 1984 excavation campaign]. Les Dinosaures de La Chine à La France, Colloque International de Paléontologie, Toulouse, France, 2-6 Septembre 1985; Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse, Toulouse 127-140 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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]
77622 R. Cousin, G. Breton, R. Fournier and J.-P. Watte. 1989. Dinosaur egg-laying and nesting: the case of an upper Maastrichtian site at Rennes-le-Château (Aude, France). Historical Biology 2:157-167 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14330ETE R. Cousin, G. Breton, R. Fournier and J.-P. Watte. 1994. Dinosaur egglaying and nesting in France. K. Carpenter, K.F. Hirsch & J.R. Horner (eds.) Dinosaur Eggs and Babies. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 56-74 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/K. Maguire]
76262 E. M. Hechenleitner, G. Grellet-Tinner, and L. E. Fiorelli. 2015. What do giant titanosaur dinosaurs and modern Australasian megapodes have in common?. PeerJ 3:e1341:1-32 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
13022ETE J. Le Loeuff. 1993. European titanosaurids. Revue de Paléobiologie, Volume Spéciale 7:105-117 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
59745% 15020J. J. Moratalla and J. E. Powell. 1994. Dinosaur nesting patterns. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch & J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies 37-46 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
17740ETE M. Vianey-Liaud, A. Khosla, and G. Garcia. 2003. Relationships between European and Indian dinosaur eggs and eggshells of the oofamily Megaloolithidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3):575-585 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
30636ETE J. Villatte, P. Taquet, and M. Bilotte. 1986. Nouveaux restes de Dinosauriens dans le Crétacé terminal de l'anticlinal de Dreuilhe. État des connaissances dans le domaine sous-pyrénéen [New dinosaur remains in the terminal Cretaceous of the Dreuilhe Anticline. State of knowledge in the sub-Pyrennean domain]. Les Dinosaures de La Chine à La France, Colloque International de Paléontologie, Toulouse, France, 2-6 Septembre 1985; Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse, Toulouse 89-98 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]