Castigno, Villespassans: Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian, France
collected by J. Miquel, C. Depéret, J. Bourdelle, A. Lapparent 1890, 1939, 2019, 2020

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Dinosauria indet. (Owen 1842)
Lapparent 1947
eggshells
Reptilia - Rhabdodontidae
Rhabdodon sp. (Matheron 1869)
Buffetaut et al. 2021
tibia (Musée de Cruzy)
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
scapula, vertebra, femur (Musée de Cruzy)
    = Titanosaurus sp. Lydekker 1877
Depéret 1899
    = Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878
Lapparent 1947
    = Titanosauridae indet. Lydekker 1885
Le Loeuff 1993
    = Titanosauria indet. Bonaparte and Coria 1993
Buffetaut et al. 2021
Enantiornithes indet. (Walker 1981)
Buffetaut et al. 2021
coracoid (VC-Z2-6, Musée de Cruzy)
    = Castignovolucris sebei n. gen., n. sp. Buffetaut et al. 2023
Buffetaut et al. 2023
MC-VCZ2-6 - holotype
Reptilia - Gargantuaviidae
Gargantuaviidae indet. Buffetaut and Angst 2019
Buffetaut et al. 2021
scapulae (VC-Z2-11 and 12, Musée de Cruzy)
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969
Buffetaut et al. 2021
tooth (Musée de Cruzy)
Reptilia
Cryptodira indet. Cope 1868
Broin 1977
    = ? Helochelydridae indet. Nopcsa 1928
Buffetaut et al. 2021
shell fragments (Musée de Cruzy)
Reptilia - Testudines
Pelomedusidae indet. Cope 1868
Broin 1977
    = Foxemydina indet. Gaffney et al. 2006
Buffetaut et al. 2021
costal plates and partial ilium (Musée de Cruzy)
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Languedoc-Roussillon County:Hérault
Coordinates: 43.4° North, 2.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.5° North, 3.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:215 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Saint-Chinian
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: late Campanian-early Maastrichtian according to Buffetaut and Angst (2016)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandy claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "argiles rutilantes"
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Fragmentation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:J. Miquel, C. Depéret, J. Bourdelle, A. Lapparent Collection dates:1890s, 1939, 2019, 2020
Collection method comments: Miquel worked with the proprietor of the land around Castigno, Mr. Vincent Andral, and found "thousands of bones" but no "characteristic teeth." Left in place in sandstone on stream banks: scapula, vertebra, femur. Discovery followed by Depéret's work.
Metadata
Also known as:South of Saint-Chinian
Database number:59686
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Holroyd, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion, P. Holroyd
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-04-07 08:45:24 Last modified:2023-11-13 15:20:29
Access level:the public Released:2006-04-07 08:45:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
36732.ETE J. Miquel. 1897. Note sur la géologie des terrains secondaires et des terraines tertiaires du Département de l'Herault [Note on the geology of the Secondary terrains and the Tertiary terrains of the Department of Herault]. Bulletin de la Société d'Etude des Sciences Naturelles de Béziers 19:31-74 [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]
76672 E. Buffetaut, D. Angst, J. Claude, H. Tong, A. Amoros, D. Boschetto, J.-P. Chenet, D. Clavel, B. Maggia, T. Roques, and S. Sèbe. 2021. Les niveaux à vertébrés fossiles du Crétacé supérieur de Castigno et Combebelle (Villespassans, Hérault) : historique et nouvelles découvertes. Carnets natures 8:33-47 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
84636 E. Buffetaut, D. Angst, and H. Tong. 2023. A new enantiornithine bird from Upper Cretaceous non-marine deposits at Villespassans (Hérault, southern France). Annales de Paléontologie 109:102585 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
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]
14221ETE 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]
86456 R. Cousin. 2002. Organisation des pontes de dinosauriens de la parafamille des Megaloolithidae Zhao, 1979 [Organization of dinosaur clutches of the parafamily Megaloolithidae Zhao, 1979]. Bulletin trimestriel de la Société géologique du Normandie et Amis du Muséum du Havre 89(1–4):1-177 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
17088ETE C. Depéret. 1899. Aperçu sur la géologie du chainon de Saint-Chinian [Outline of the geology of the Saint-Chinian chain]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 3e série 27:686-709 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
17087ETE C. Depéret. 1900. Une série de pièces osseuses de Dinosauriens récemment découvertes...dans le région de Saint-Chinian [A series of dinosaur bone pieces recently discovered...in the Saint-Chinian region]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 3e série 28:107-108 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
17091ETE C. Depéret. 1900. Sur les Dinosauriens des étages de Rognac et de Vitrolles du pied de la Montagne-Noire [On the dinosaurs of the Rognac and Vitrolles stages from the foot of Montagne-Noire]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris 130:637-639 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
57901 E. F. Gautier. 1901. Les dinosauriens de la Montagne-Noire [The dinosaurs of Montagne-Noire]. L’Année Scientifique et Industrielle 44:113-115 [R. Butler/E. Dunne/M. Carrano]
59060 F. v. Huene. 1929. Los sauriquios y ornitisquios del Cretáceo argentino. Anales del Museo de La Plata, serie 2 3:1-196 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
45933 A. F. d. Lapparent. 1938. Sur l’âge crétacé (danien) de tous les gisements à Dinosauriens du pied de la Montagne Noire [On the Cretaceous (Danian) age of all the dinosaur localities from the foot of the Montagne Noire]. Comptes Rendus de la Société Géologique de France 1938:288-290 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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]
13022ETE J. Le Loeuff. 1993. European titanosaurids. Revue de Paléobiologie, Volume Spéciale 7:105-117 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
36728ETE 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]
19511ETE J. Le Loeuff. 2005. Osteology of Ampelosaurus atacis (Titanosauria) from southern France. In K. Carpenter and V. Tidwell (eds.), Thunder-Lizards: The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 115-137 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]