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
Agathoxylon gardoniense
Reptilia
Shell fragments
    = Helochelys danubina von Meyer 1854
Joyce 2017
Reptilia - Testudines
Cryptodira indet. (Cope 1868)
Vullo et al. 2010
Shell fragments
Chelonii indet. Latreille 1800
synonym of Testudines
Reptilia - Simoliophiidae
Simoliophis rochebrunei Sauvage 1880
Reptilia
? Iguanodon sp. Mantell 1825
1 specimen
    = Iguanodontoidea indet. Hay 1902
Vullo et al. 2007
MTA FBV 1
Reptilia - Pterosauria
Pterosauria indet. Kaup 1834
1 specimen
MA FBV 4
Reptilia
? Ornithocheiroidea indet. (Seeley 1870)
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]
26151ETE 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]
29832ETE 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]
36357ETE 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]