Ruisseau de Couleurs: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, France
collected by A. Fages 1927

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Languedoc-Roussillon County:Aude
Coordinates: 42.9° North, 2.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.8° North, 2.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Late/Upper Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "Danian"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Lithology description: "dark beds"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Fragmentation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:A. Fages Collection dates:Apr 1927
Metadata
Database number:68051
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-12-29 14:21:25 Last modified:2009-09-03 15:29:29
Access level:the public Released:2006-12-29 14:21:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
30657. A. Fages. 1928. Excursion du 18 Avril 1927 à Fa, Espéraza et Couiza (Aude) [Excursion of April 18, 1927 to Fa, Espéraza, and Couiza (Aude)]. Bulletin de la Société d'Études Scientifiques de l'Aude 32:45-47 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

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]