Also known as Rennes-le-Château, Espéraza
Where: Languedoc-Roussillon, France (42.9° N, 2.2° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 2.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Marnes de la Maurine Member (Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• Continental equivalent is Begudo-Rognacian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by Sorgesa, Kiess, Clottes & Raynaud in 1982
Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
• two nesting sites found with 35 unhatched eggs. Molds were taken of three hatched eggs.
Primary reference: P. Clottes and C. Raynaud. 1983. Le gisement à dinosauriens de Campagne-sur-Aude–Esperaza. Observations préliminaires. Premiers résultats [The dinosaur locality at Campagne-sur-Aude–Esperaza. Preliminary observations. First results]. Bulletin de la Société d'Études Scientifiques de l'Aude 83:5-14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 53480: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 09.09.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Rhabdodon priscum" = Rhabdodon priscus
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