Velaux-La Bastide Neuve: Late/Upper Campanian, France
collected by X. Valentin 1992, 2002–2009, 2012

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae
Mawsoniidae indet. Schultze 1993
Vullo et al. 2018
    = Axelrodichthys megadromos Cavin et al. 2016
Cavin et al. 2020
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
Martin et al. 2016
isolated eggshells (testudoid, crocodiloidand prismatic morphotypes)
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
    = Allodaposuchus precedens Nopcsa 1928
Cavin et al. 2020
    = Allodaposuchus iberoarmoricanus n. sp. Blanco 2021
Blanco 2021
MMS/VBN-12-10A - type
Reptilia - Azhdarchidae
Mistralazhdarcho maggii n. gen., n. sp. Vullo et al. 2018
Vullo et al. 2018 1 individual
MMS/VBN.09.C.001 - holotype
Reptilia - Nodosauridae
Nodosauridae indet. Marsh 1890
Reptilia - Rhabdodontidae
Rhabdodontidae indet. Weishampel et al. 2003
Rhabdodon sp. (Matheron 1869)
Martin et al. 2016 8 specimens
MMS/VBN-02-102, a R maxilla; MMS/VBN-93-34, MMS/VBN-09-149a, & MMS/VBN-09-150: maxillary teeth; MMS/VBN-12-22: maxillary tooth crown; MMS/VBN-02-11, MMS/VBN-09-43c, & MMS/VBN-12-A002: dentary teeth
    = Matheronodon provincialis n. gen., n. sp. Godefroit et al. 2017
Godefroit et al. 2017
Reptilia
Atsinganosaurus velauciensis n. gen., n. sp. Garcia et al. 2010
2 individuals
VBN.93.01.a, b, c and d; VBN.93.12a, b and c three cervical vertebrae; VBN.93.11 scapula; VBN.93.10 metatarsal; VBN.93.03-08 caudal ver- tebra. Musée de Paléontologie, Université de Provence, France: VBN.02.03, 22 and 53 teeth; VBN.02.78 a and b scapulo-coracoid; VBN.02.99 isolated dorsal vertebra; VBN.02.82 sacrum; VBN.02.90 metacarpal; VBN.02.109 tibia; VBN.02.110 caudal vertebra. Musée archéologique de Velaux, France: VBN.00.12 humerus; VBN.00.01-03 caudal vertebrae. Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle d’Aix-en-Provence, France: VBN.93.MHNA.99.21 tooth; VBN.93.MHNA.99.52 humerus; VBN.93.MHNA.99.32-34 caudal vertebrae.
Reptilia - Titanosauridae
Megaloolithus aureliensis Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
Vullo et al. 2018
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969
Martin et al. 2016
Reptilia - Abelisauridae
Neoceratosauria indet. Novas 1991
Martin et al. 2016
    = Abelisauridae indet. Bonaparte and Novas 1985
Cavin et al. 2020
Reptilia
Martin et al. 2016
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudinata indet. (Oppel 1811)
    = cf. Polysternon sp. Portis 1882
Martin et al. 2016
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825
Martin et al. 2016
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Meristodonoides sp. Underwood and Cumbaa 2010
Martin et al. 2016
Gastropoda - Thiaridae
Melania sp. Lamarck 1800
Vullo et al. 2018
synonym of Thiara
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Physidae
Physa sp. Draparnaud 1801
Vullo et al. 2018
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
Unio sp. Philipsson 1788
Vullo et al. 2018
Malacostraca - Decapoda
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802
Vullo et al. 2018
unclassified
Saportanella maslovi Grambast 1962
Martin et al. 2016
Charales - Characea
Platychara caudata Grambast 1971
Martin et al. 2016
? Amblyochara begudiana Grambast 1962
Martin et al. 2016
Peckichara pectinata
Martin et al. 2016
Peckichara cancellata
Martin et al. 2016
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur County:Bouches-du-Rhône
Coordinates: 43.6° North, 6.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.3° North, 6.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:424 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: three fossil-bearing horizons, "Bégudien" facies
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:yellow sandy claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "yellowish sandy clays"
Environment:fluvial indet.
Geology comments: "as a freshwater environment corresponding to fluvial setting of moder- ate energy with broad floodplain"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Articulated whole bodies:none
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Fragmentation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:X. Valentin Collection dates:1992, 2002–2009, 2012
Metadata
Also known as:VBN
Database number:220134
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2021-05-07 11:48:16 Last modified:2023-08-15 10:29:35
Access level:the public Released:2021-05-07 11:48:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
33197.ETE G. Garcia, S. Amico, F. Fournier, E. Thouand, and X. Valentin. 2010. A new titanosaur genus (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of southern France and its paleobiogeographic implications. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France 181(3):269-277 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

77104 A. Blanco. 2021. Importance of the postcranial skeleton in eusuchian phylogeny: Reassessing the systematics of allodaposuchid crocodylians. PLoS ONE 16(6):e0251900:1-24 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
76814 L. Cavin, E. Buffetaut, Y. Dutour, G. Garcia, J. Le Loeuff, A. Méchin, P. Méchin, H. Tong, T. Tortosa, E. Turini, and X. Valentin. 2020. The last known freshwater coelacanths: new Late Cretaceous mawsoniid remains (Osteichthyes: Actinistia) from southern France. PLoS One 15(6):e0234183:1-19 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
74890 V. Díez Díaz, G. Garcia, X. Pereda Suberbiola, B. Jentgen-Ceschino, K. Stein, P. Godefroit, and X. Valentin. 2021. A new titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Velaux-La-Bastide Neuve (southern France). Historical Biology 33(11):2998-3017 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]
75854 P. Godefroit, G. Garcia, B. Gomez, K. Stein, A. Cincotta, U. Lefèvre, and X. Valentin. 2017. Extreme tooth enlargement in a new Late Cretaceous rhabdodontid dinosaur from Southern France. Scientific Reports 7:13098:1-9 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
80599 E. Isasmendi, A. Torices, J. I. Canudo, P. J. Currie, and X. Pereda-Suberbiola. 2022. Upper Cretaceous European theropod palaeobiodiversity, palaeobiogeography and the intra‐Maastrichtian faunal turnover: new contributions from the Iberian fossil site of Laño. Papers in Palaeontology 8(1):e1419:1-38 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
56449 J. E. Martin, M. Delfino, G. Garcia, P. Godefroit, S. Berton and X. Valentin. 2016. New specimens of Allodaposuchus precedens from France: intraspecific variability and the diversity of European Late Cretaceous eusuchians. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176(3):607-631 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
67167 R. Vullo, G. Garcia, P. Godefroit, A. Cincotta, and X. Valentin. 2018. Mistralazhdarcho maggii, gen. et sp. nov., A New Azhdarchid Pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Southeastern France. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(4):1-16 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]