Also known as South of Saint-Chinian
Where: Languedoc-Roussillon, France (43.4° N, 2.9° E: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 3.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Saint-Chinian Formation, Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)
• late Campanian-early Maastrichtian according to Buffetaut and Angst (2016)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J. Miquel, C. Depéret, J. Bourdelle, A. Lapparent in 1890s, 1939, 2019, 2020
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• Miquel worked with the proprietor of the land around Castigno, Mr. Vincent Andral, and found "thousands of bones" but no "characteristic teeth." Left in place in sandstone on stream banks: scapula, vertebra, femur. Discovery followed by Depéret's work.
Primary reference: J. Miquel. 1897. Note sur la géologie des terrains secondaires et des terraines tertiaires du Département de l'Herault [Note on the geology of the Secondary terrains and the Tertiary terrains of the Department of Herault]. Bulletin de la Société d'Etude des Sciences Naturelles de Béziers 19:31-74 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 59686: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 07.04.2006, edited by Patricia Holroyd and Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Castignovolucris sebei n. gen. n. sp.1
Castignovolucris sebei n. gen. n. sp.1 Buffetaut et al. 2023 bird coracoid (VC-Z2-6, Musée de Cruzy)
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