Grande Mène lignite seam, Fuveau: Early/Lower Campanian, France
collected by Matheron
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Pleurosternon provinciale n. sp.
Matheron 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Polysternon provinciale | ||||||||||
| MHNM 1982-853, Coll. Matheron, anterior portion of carapace, designated as lectotype in Broin (1977: 37, fig. 1; pl. 1, fig. 3). MHNM: 2 shell fragments incl. an anterior portion of carapace; (MHNM 1982-853, Matheron coll.; Matheron, 1869; Broin, 1977: fig. 1, pl. 1, fig. 3a, b; the other specimen was lost by the time Broin reviewed the material in 1977) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Crocodilus affuvelensis n. sp.
Matheron 1869
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Massaliasuchus affuvelensis | ||||||||||
| MHNM 482.1 (orbital region & portion of mandible), MHNM 482.2 (portion of rostrum) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | County: | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| Coordinates: | 43.4° North, 5.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.1° North, 6.1° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| 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
| Stratigraphy comments: Fuvelian deposits; age could be Santonian-early Campanian, but most authors consider early Campanian as most likely (e.g. Martin and Buffetaut 2008)
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Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lignite |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: lignite | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MNHN |
| Collectors: | Matheron |
Metadata
| Database number: | 114967 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, R. Benson | Enterer: | P. Mannion, R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | ||
| Created: | 2011-08-26 01:52:33 | Last modified: | 2021-05-07 09:53:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-08-26 01:52:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 56218. | P. Matheron. 1869. Notice sur les reptiles fossiles des dépôts fluvio-lacustres crétacés du bassin à lignite de Fuveau [Notice on the fossil reptiles from the Cretaceous fluvio-lacustrine deposits of the lignitic Fuveau Basin]. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres, et Arts de Marseille 1868–1869:345-379 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 27976 | E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. 2006. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 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] | |
| 37224 | J. E. Martin and E. Buffetaut. 2008. Crocodilus affuvelensis Matheron, 1869 from the Late Cretaceous of southern France: a reassessment. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152:567-580 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |