Bois-Vert tidal flat, Fouras Peninsula (Unit B2ms bonebed): Early/Lower Cenomanian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Equisetopsida
- Araucariaceae
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Agathoxylon gardoniense
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Reptilia
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Solemydidae indet.
Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga 1996
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Shell fragments | ||||||||||
= Helochelys danubina
von Meyer 1854
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Joyce 2017 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Cryptodira indet.
(Cope 1868)
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Vullo et al. 2010 | |||||||||
Shell fragments | ||||||||||
Chelonii indet.
Latreille 1800
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synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Simoliophiidae
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Simoliophis rochebrunei
Sauvage 1880
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Reptilia
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? Iguanodon sp.
Mantell 1825
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1 specimen | |||||||||
= Iguanodontoidea indet.
Hay 1902
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Vullo et al. 2007 | |||||||||
MTA FBV 1 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Pterosauria
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Pterosauria indet.
Kaup 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
MA FBV 4 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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? Ornithocheiroidea indet.
(Seeley 1870)
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Vullo and Neraudeau 2009 | |||||||||
MA FBV 3 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | France | State/province: | Poitou-Charentes | County: | Charentes-Maritime |
Coordinates: | 46.0° North, 1.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.8° North, 1.0° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Cenomanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 99.60000 - 93.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Unit B2ms |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | glauconitic sandy claystone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "glauconitic sandy clays" | |
Environment: | estuary/bay |
Geology comments: "very shallow environment, in a coastal estuarine context" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Articulated whole bodies: | none |
Associated major elements: | none |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Fouras Bois-Vert | ||
Database number: | 65421 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano, P. Holroyd, P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Tennant, M. Carrano, P. Holroyd |
Modifier: | J. Tennant | Research group: | paleobotany,vertebrate |
Created: | 2006-09-21 18:25:18 | Last modified: | 2013-04-16 14:50:45 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-09-21 18:25:18 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
18858. | D. Néraudeau, R. Allain, V. Perrichot, B. Videt, F. Lapparent Broin, F. Guillocheau, M. Philippe, J.-C. Rage, and R. Vullo. 2003. Découverte d'un dépôt paralique à bois fossiles, ambre insectifère et restes d'Iguanodontidae (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) dans le Cénomanien inférieur de Fouras (Charente-Maritime, Sud-Ouest de la France). Comptes Rendus Palevol 2:221-230 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/L. Villier] |
Secondary references:
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] | |
46358 | R. Vullo, F. de Lapparent de Broin, D. Nerudeau and N. Durrieu. 2010. Turtles from the Early Cenomanian paralic deposits (Late Cretaceous) of Charentes, France. Oryctos 9:37-48 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] | |
26151 | ETE | R. Vullo, D. Neraudeau, and T. Lenglet. 2007. Dinosaur teeth from the Cenomanian of Charentes, western France: evidence for a mixed Laurasian-Gondwanan assemblage. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(4):931-943 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
29837 | R. Vullo and D. Néraudeau. 2008. Cenomanian vertebrate assemblages from southwestern France: a new insight into the European mid-Cretaceous continental fauna. Cretaceous Research 29(5-6):930-935 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
29832 | ETE | R. Vullo and D. Neraudeau. 2009. Pterosaur remains from the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) paralic deposits of Charentes, western France. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(1):277-282 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
36357 | ETE | R. Vullo, J.-C. Rage, and D. Neraudeau. 2011. Anuran and squamate remains from the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Charentes, western France. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(2):279-291 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |