Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation
Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Campanian-Early Maastrichtian, 74–70 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Calcaire de Rognac |
Thickness | Over 40 m (130 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Clay, shale |
Other | Sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | ![]() ![]() Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation (France) |
Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation (meaning Reptile Clay and Sandstone) also known as the Argiles Rutilantes Formation[1] is an early Maastrichtian[2] French geologic formation in the département of Var preserving the remains of several types of dinosaurs and other extinct organisms.[3]
Fossil content
An abelisaurid similar to Arcovenator is known from Département des Bouches-du-Rhone, while enantiornithean and indeterminate avialan remains are known from Département du Var.[2]
Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs of the Grès à Reptiles | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
Abelisauridae | Indeterminate | Bouches du Rhône | Lower | A large abelisaurid that was similar to Arcovenator. | ||
Arcovenator[4] | A. escotae | Var | Lower | A large abelisaurid. | ![]() | |
Atsinganosaurus[5] | G. meridionalis | Bouches du Rhône | Lower | A titanosaur Lirainosaurinae. | ||
Castignovolucris[6] | C. sebei | Castigno valley, Villespassans, Hérault[6] | Lower (i.e. continental red clays)[6] | An enantiornithine bird. | ||
Garrigatitan[7] | A. velauciensis | Bouches du Rhône | Lower | A titanosaur Lirainosaurinae. | ||
Gargantuavis[8] | G. philoinos[8] | Var[8] | ||||
Hypselosaurus[9] | H. priscus[9] |
| Actually indeterminate sauropod remains.[9] | ![]() | ||
Matheronodon[9] | M. provincialis[9] |
| A rhabdodontid ornithopod | ![]() | ||
Theropoda | Indeterminate | Var[8] | Previously referred to "Megalosaurus" pannoniensis | |||
Pyroraptor[10] | P. olympius[10] | Bouches-du-Rhône[10] | "Fragmentary postcrania and teeth"[11] | ![]() | ||
Rhabdodon[9] | R. priscus[9] |
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Rhodanosaurus[10] | R. lugdunensis[10] | Bouches-du-Rhône[10] | ||||
Variraptor[9] | V. mechinorum[9] |
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Mammals of the Grès à Reptiles | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
Mistralestes | M. arcensis | La Cairanne | ||||
Valentinella | V. vitrollense | Vitrolles-La Plaine |
Color key
| Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Crocodylians
Turtles
- Foxemys mechinorum[15]
- cf. Polysternon sp.[16]
- cf. Solemys sp.[16]
Pterosaurs
Fish
Fossil eggs
- Megaloolithus aureliensis[18]
- Megaloolithus petralta[18]
- Megaloolithus sp.[18]
Flora
- Peckichara cancellata[16]
- P. pectinata[16]
- Platychara caudata[16]
- Saportanella maslovi[16]
- ?Amblyochara begudiana[16]
See also
References
- ^ Tabuce et al., 2013
- ^ a b Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.588-593
- ^ Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Tortosa, Thierry; Buffetaut, Eric; Vialle, Nicolas; Dutour, Yves; Turini, Eric; Cheylan, Gilles (2014-01-01). "A new abelisaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of southern France: Palaeobiogeographical implications". Annales de Paléontologie. 100 (1): 63–86. Bibcode:2014AnPal.100...63T. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2013.10.003. ISSN 0753-3969.
- ^ Díez Díaz, Verónica; Garcia, Géraldine; Pereda Suberbiola, Xabier; Jentgen-Ceschino, Benjamin; Stein, Koen; Godefroit, Pascal; Valentin, Xavier (2020-12-21). "A new titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Velaux-La-Bastide Neuve (southern France)". Historical Biology. 33 (11): 2998–3017. doi:10.1080/08912963.2020.1841184. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 234404741.
- ^ a b c Buffetaut, E.; Angst, D.; Tong, H. (2023). "A new enantiornithine bird from Upper Cretaceous non-marine deposits at Villespassans (Hérault, southern France)". Annales de Paléontologie. 109 (1). 102585. Bibcode:2023AnPal.10902585B. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2022.102585. S2CID 257863645.
- ^ B. Vila; A. Galobart; J.U. Canudo; J. Le Loeff (2012). "The diversity of sauropod dinosaurs and their first taxonomic succession from the latest Cretaceous of southwestern Europe: Clues to demise and extinction". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 350–352 (15): 19–38. Bibcode:2012PPP...350...19V. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.06.008.
- ^ a b c d e f g "14.8 Département du Var, France; 2. Grès à Reptiles Formation," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.589
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "14.8 Département du Var, France; 2. Grès à Reptiles Formation" and "14.38 Département des Bouches-du-Rhone, France; 1. Grès à Reptiles Formation," in Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.589-590
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "14.38 Département des Bouches-du-Rhone, France; 1. Grès à Reptiles Formation," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.590
- ^ "Table 10.1," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.199
- ^ Martin, 2007
- ^ Blanco & Brochu, 2016
- ^ a b Le Loeuff & Buffetaut, 1998
- ^ Tong et al., 1998
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Martin et al., 2016
- ^ Vullo et al., 2018
- ^ a b c Viany-Liaud et al., 1994
Bibliography
- Vullo, R.; Garcia, G.; Godefroit, P.; Cincotta, A.; Valentin, X. (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, doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1502670
- Blanco, A.; Brochu, C. A. (2016), "Intra- and interspecific variability in allodaposuchid crocodylomorphs and the status of western European taxa", Historical Biology, 29: 395–408
- Martin, J. E.; Delfino, M.; Garcia, G.; Godefroit, P.; Berton, S.; Valentin, X. (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, doi:10.1111/zoj.12331
- Tabuce, Rodolphe; Tortosa, Thierry; Vianey-Liaud, Monique; Garcia, Géraldine; Lebrun, Renaud; Godefroit, Pascal; Dutour, Yves; Berton, Sévérine; Valentin, Xavier; Cheylan, Gilles (2013), "New eutherian mammals from the Late Cretaceous of Aix-en-Provence Basin, south-eastern France", Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 169 (3): 653–672, doi:10.1111/zoj.12074, ISSN 0024-4082
- Martin, J. E (2007), "New material of the Late Cretaceous globidontan Acynodon iberoccitanus (Crocodylia) from southern France", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27 (2): 362–372, doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[362:NMOTLC]2.0.CO;2
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- Le Loeuff, J.; Buffetaut, É. (1998), "A new dromaeosaurid theropod from the Upper Cretaceous of southern France.", Oryctos, 1: 105–112
- Tong, H.; Gaffney, E. S.; Buffetaut, É. (1998), "Foxemys, a new side-necked turtle (Bothremydidae: Pelomedusoides) from the Late Cretaceous of France", American Museum Novitates (3251): 1–19
- Vianey-Liaud, M.; Mallan, P.; Buscail, O.; Montgelard, C. (1994), Review of French dinosaur eggshells: morphology, structure, mineral, and organic composition. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 151–183
Further reading
- R. Cousin, G. Breton, R. Fournier and J.-P. Watte. 1994. Dinosaur egglaying and nesting in France. K. Carpenter, K.F. Hirsch & J.R. Horner (eds.) Dinosaur Eggs and Babies. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 56–74
- J. Le Loeuff, E. Buffetaut, P. Méchin and A. Méchin-Salessy. 1992. The first record of dromaeosaurid dinosaurs (Saurischia, Theropoda) in the Maastrichtian of southern Europe: palaeobiogeographical implications. Bulletin de la Société géologique de la France 163(3):337-343
- R. Dughi and F. Sirugue. 1958. Sur les oeufs de dinosaures du bassin fluvio-lacustre de Basse-Provence. Comptes Rendus du Congrès National des Sociétés Savantes, Section des Sciences, Paris 83:183-20