Cherves-de-Cognac, levels 32–37: Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian, France
collected 2001-
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Lonchidiidae
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Lonchidiidae indet.
Herman 1977
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Pouech et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Polyacrodus sp.
Jaekel 1889
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6 specimens | |||||||||
= Parvodus celsucuspus n. sp.
Rees et al. 2013
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Rees et al. 2013 | |||||||||
CHVm03.634, anterior tooth; CHVm03.636, juvenile tooth; CHVm03.637, lateral tooth; CHVm03.638, lateral tooth; CHVm03.641, posterior tooth; CHV03.006, cephalic spine [horizon C35] | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Belemnobatis variabilis
Underwood and Rees 2002
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Rees et al. 2013 | 52 specimens | ||||||||
19 teeth and 33 dermal denticles [horizons C32, C33] | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
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? Pycnodontiformes indet.
Berg 1937
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Pouech et al. 2015 | 5922 specimens | ||||||||
tooth morphotype 2 | ||||||||||
Pycnodontiformes indet.
Berg 1937
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Pouech et al. 2015 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
tooth morphotype 8 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Gyrodontidae
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Gyrodus sp.
Agassiz 1833
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Pouech et al. 2015 | 2872 specimens | ||||||||
tooth morphotype 6 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
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cf. Arcodonichthys sp.
Poyato-Ariza and Bermúdez-Rochas 2007
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Pouech et al. 2015 | 17 specimens | ||||||||
tooth morphotype 7 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Pycnodontidae indet.
(Agassiz 1833)
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Pouech et al. 2006 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
= Pycnodontidae informal indet. 9
Agassiz 1833
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Pouech et al. 2015 | |||||||||
tooth morphotype 9 | ||||||||||
Pycnodontidae informal indet. 10
(Agassiz 1833)
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Pouech et al. 2015 | 62 specimens | ||||||||
tooth morphotype 10 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Aspidorhynchiformes
- Aspidorhynchidae
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Belonostomus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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Pouech et al. 2015 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
tooth morphotype 4 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Ichthyodectidae
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Ichthyodectidae indet.
Crook 1892
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Pouech et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
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Thrissops sp.
Agassiz 1833
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Pouech et al. 2015 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
tooth morphotype 5 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Caturidae
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Caturidae indet.
Owen 1860
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Pouech et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Caturus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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Pouech et al. 2015 | 259 specimens | ||||||||
tooth morphotype 3 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Semionotiformes
- Semionotidae
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Semionotiformes indet.
Arambourg and Bertin 1958
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= Semionotidae indet.
Woodward 1890
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Pouech et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
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Scheenstia mantelli
(Agassiz 1833)
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Pouech et al. 2015 | |||||||||
tooth morphotype 1 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
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Pycnodontoidea indet.
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Pouech et al. 2015 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
tooth morphotype 11 | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Albanerpetontidae
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Albanerpetontidae indet.
Fox and Naylor 1982
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Mazin et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Eutriconodonta
- Triconodontidae
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Triconodon sp.
Owen 1859
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Pouech et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
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Multituberculata indet.
Cope 1884
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Mazin et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Spalacotheriidae
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Spalacotherium evansae
Ensom and Sigogneau-Russell 2000
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Pouech et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Dryolestidae
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Dryolestidae indet.
Marsh 1879
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Mazin et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Sphenodontidae
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Sphenodontidae indet.
Cope 1871
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Mazin et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Camarasauridae
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Camarasauridae indet.
Cope 1877
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Nuthetes sp.
Owen 1854
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Pouech et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Archaeopterygidae
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Archaeopterygidae indet.
Huxley 1871
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Mazin et al. 2006 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
invalid subgroup of Avialae | ||||||||||
CHVm03.514 (tooth) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Heterodontosauridae
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Heterodontosauridae indet.
Romer 1966
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Mazin et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Stegosauridae indet.
Marsh 1880
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1 specimen | |||||||||
= Stegosauria indet.
Marsh 1877
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Billon-Bruyat et al. 2010 | |||||||||
CHE02.084; tooth | ||||||||||
Iguanodontia indet.
Baur 1891
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Mazin et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Pterosauria indet.
Kaup 1834
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= Pterodactyloidea indet.
Plieninger 1901
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Mazin et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Theriosuchus sp.
Owen 1878
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Pouech et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Pholidosaurus sp.
Meyer 1841
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Two skulls (including CHE03.100) kept at the Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (Martin and Buffetaut 2012) | ||||||||||
= Pholidosaurus purbeckensis
Mansel-Pleydell 1888
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Martin et al. 2016 | |||||||||
CHV03.100 (complete skull with mandibles and osteoderms) and TL (Thierry Lenglet Collection) specimen, housed in Musee d'Angouleme (deformed skull with right mandible) | ||||||||||
= Pholidosaurus informal Cherves-de-Cognac sp.
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Sachs et al. 2019 | |||||||||
"Cherves-de-Cognac species" | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Goniopholididae
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Goniopholis sp.
Owen 1842
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Reptilia
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Bernissartia fagesii
Dollo 1883
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Pouech et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Squamata
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Squamata indet.
Oppel 1811
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Mazin et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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cf. Tretosternum sp.
(Owen 1842)
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Pouech et al. 2006 | |||||||||
misspelling Tretosternon | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | France | State/province: | Poitou-Charentes | County: | Charente |
Coordinates: | 45.8° North, 0.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 36.6° North, 9.5° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Altitude: | 11 meters | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Stage: | Berriasian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian | ||
Age range of interval: | 145.00000 - 140.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Local section: | Champblanc | Local bed: | 36 | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: in the "High Fossiliferous Zone" (HFZ) = levels 32-37 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | hummocky CS not reported |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: includes hummocky cross-stratification | |
Environment: | lacustrine deltaic indet. |
Geology comments: storm or flood deposit |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Lagerst�tten type: | concentrate |
Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Spatial orientation: | random |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
Abundance in sediment: | abundant |
Articulated whole bodies: | some |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated major elements: | many |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Size sorting: | very poor |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | 2001- |
Metadata
Also known as: | Champblanc Quarry | ||
Database number: | 61930 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Wagner, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion, P. Wagner |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2006-07-07 12:27:26 | Last modified: | 2022-02-14 09:57:08 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-07-07 12:27:26 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
25997. | ETE | J.-M. Mazin and J.-P. Billon-Bruyat. 2002. Le gisement paléontologique de Cherves-de-Cognac [The paleontological locality of Cherves-de-Cognac]. Pour La Science 293:30-31 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
50238 | J.-P. Billon-Bruyat, J.-M. Mazin, and J. Pouech. 2010. A stegosaur tooth (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Early Cretaceous of southwestern France. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 103:143-153 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
65853 | A. Louchart and J. Pouech. 2017. A tooth of Archaeopterygidae (Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous of France extends the spatial and temporal occurrence of the earliest birds. Cretaceous Research 73:40-46 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
44156 | J. E. Martin and E. Buffetaut. 2012. The maxillary depression of Pholidosauridae: an anatomical study. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(6):1442-1446 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
60331 | J. E. Martin, J. Raslan-Loubatié, and J.-M. Mazin. 2016. Cranial anatomy of Pholidosaurus purbeckensis from the Lower Cretaceous of France and its bearing on pholidosaurid affinities. Cretaceous Research 66:43-59 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
17894 | ETE | J.-M. Mazin, J.-P. Billon-Bruyat, J. Pouech and P. Hantzpergue. 2006. The Purbeckian site of Cherves-de-Cognac (Berriasian, Early Cretaceous, southwest France): a continental ecosystem accumulated in an evaporitic littoral depositional environment. 9th International Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota, Abstracts and Proceedings Volume 84-88 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
17901 | ETE | J. Pouech, J.-M. Mazin, and J.-P. Billon-Bruyat. 2006. Microvertebrate biodiversity from Cherves-de-Cognac (Lower Cretaceous, Berriasian: Charente, France). 9th International Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota, Abstracts and Proceedings Volume 96-100 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
80643 | J. Pouech, J.-M. Mazin, L. Cavin and F. J. Poyato-Ariza. 2015. A Berriasian actinopterygian fauna from Cherves-de-Cognac, France: biodiversity and palaeoenvironmental implications. Cretaceous Research 55:32-43 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
79836 | J. Rees, G. Cuny, J. Pouech and J.-M. Mazin. 2013. Non-marine selachians from the basal Cretaceous of Charente, SW France. Cretaceous Research 44:122-131 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
71489 | S. Sachs, M. M. Johnson, M. T. Young and P. Abel. 2019. The mystery of Mystriosaurus: Redescribing the poorly known Early Jurassic teleosauroid thalattosuchians Mystriosaurus laurillardi and Steneosaurus brevior. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64(3):565-579 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd/G. Varnham] | |
47183 | P. Vignaud, F. de Broin, M. Brunet, E. Cariou, P. Hantzpergue and B. Lange-Badre. 1994. Les faunes des vertébrés jurassiques de la bordure nord-orientale du bassin d'Aquitaine (France): biochronologie et environnements [Jurassic vertebrate faunas from the northeastern border of the Aquitaine Basin (France): biochronology and environments]. In E. Carious & P. Hantzpergue (ed.), 3ème Symposium International de Stratigraphie du Jurassique, Poitiers, 22–29 Septembre 1991. Geobios, Mémoire spécial 17:493-503 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |