Ventabren-Aire de Repos: Early/Lower Campanian, France
collected by X. Valentin

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Campylostylus galloprovincialis
Cavin et al. 2020
Hadraxon acicula
Cavin et al. 2020
Gastropoda - Viviparidae
Viviparus bosqui
Cavin et al. 2020
var. novemcostata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Corbicula concinna
Cavin et al. 2020
Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae
Axelrodichthys megadromos n. sp. Cavin et al. 2016
Cavin et al. 2020 1 specimen
Reptilia - Testudines
Pleurodira indet. (Cope 1865)
Cavin et al. 2020
Cryptodira indet. (Cope 1868)
Cavin et al. 2020
Reptilia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Cavin et al. 2020
Reptilia - Titanosauridae
Dinosauria indet. (Owen 1842)
    = Megaloolithus siruguei Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
Vianey-Liaud et al. 2003
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Atractosteus africanus
Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1995
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur County:Bouches-du-Rhône
Coordinates: 43.5° North, 5.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.2° North, 6.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:159 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Early/Lower Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: at the border between the "Valdonnien" and "Fuvélien"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black marl
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:X. Valentin
Metadata
Also known as:Ventrabren, Ventebren
Database number:61620
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-06-21 08:05:25 Last modified:2021-05-07 11:37:17
Access level:the public Released:2006-06-21 08:05:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

76814 L. Cavin, E. Buffetaut, Y. Dutour, G. Garcia, J. Le Loeuff, A. Méchin, P. Méchin, H. Tong, T. Tortosa, E. Turini, and X. Valentin. 2020. The last known freshwater coelacanths: new Late Cretaceous mawsoniid remains (Osteichthyes: Actinistia) from southern France. PLoS One 15(6):e0234183:1-19 [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]
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]