Ausseing: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, France
collected by R. Chance 1997

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Osteichthyes indet. (Huxley 1880)
vertebrae
Reptilia
2 specimens
shell pieces; MDE-Aus-16, 183
Reptilia - Testudines
Pleurodira indet. (Cope 1865)
10 specimens
shell pieces, girdle and limb bones, scapulocoracoid, epiplastron, hypoplastron, xiphiplastron; MDE-Aus-10, 14, 29, 51, 56, 58, 118, 133, 136, 146
? Foxemys sp. Tong et al. 1998
1 specimen
entoplastron; MDE-Aus-18
Reptilia
Lacertilia indet. (Owen 1842)
1 specimen
MDE-Aus-154, vertebra
Scincomorpha indet. (Camp 1923)
1 specimen
dentary, MDE-Aus-255
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
13 specimens
MDE-Aus-185, left ischium; MDE-Aus-01, 03, 09, 47, 65, 67, 111, 130, 145, 155, 160, 164, 184
    = Hadrosauroidea indet. Huene 1954
Dalla Vecchia 2014
Reptilia - Titanosauridae
Titanosauridae indet. Lydekker 1885
2 specimens
tibia, MDE-Aus-129; metacarpal, MDE-Aus-177
Reptilia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
teeth, osteoderms; MDE-Aus-06, 112, 187
    = Eusuchia indet. Huxley 1875
Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2016
? Musturzabalsuchus sp. Buscalioni et al. 1997
2 specimens
teeth; MDE-Aus-124, 230
    = Eusuchia indet. Huxley 1875
Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2016
Acynodon cf. iberoccitanus Buscalioni et al. 1997
3 specimens
teeth; MDE-Aus-71, 74, 77
    = Eusuchia indet. Huxley 1875
Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2016
Thoracosaurus neocesariensis (De Kay 1842)
    = Eusuchia indet. Huxley 1875
Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2016
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpetontidae indet. Fox and Naylor 1982
dentaries; MDA-Aus-251
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
2 specimens
MDE-Aus-252, 253
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
? Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861
4 specimens
tooth plates, vertebrae; MDE-Aus-246, 247 (3 teeth)
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Palaeolabridae
cf. Palaeolabrus sp. Casier 1967
tooth plates
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825
teeth; MDE-Aus-242
cf. Atractosteus sp. Rafinesque 1820
teeth; MDE-Aus-244
cf. Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
teeth; MDE-Aus-243
Actinopteri - Spariformes - Sparidae
? Sparidae indet. (Cuvier 1817)
teeth; MDE-Aus-249
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Phyllodontidae indet. Sauvage 1875
teeth; MDA-Aus-245
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Haute-Garonne
Coordinates: 43.1° North, 1.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.1° North, 1.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:414 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Late/Upper Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Ausseing Formation:Marnes de Lestaillats
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: = Lestaillats Marls; "two close but distinct levels"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray lithified marl
Secondary lithology:yellow sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "an alternation of gray marls with limestone poupées", yellow sands rich in organic matter, and very indurated gray marls"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:R. Chance Collection dates:1997
Metadata
Database number:148954
Authorizer:P. Mannion, M. Carrano Enterer:J. Tennant, M. Carrano, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-07-28 00:05:03 Last modified:2015-09-03 13:40:28
Access level:the public Released:2013-07-28 00:05:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
56237. Y. Laurent. 2003. Les faunes de vertébrés continentaux du Maastrichtien supérieur d'Europe: systématique et biodiversité [The continental vertebrate faunas of the upper Maastrichtian of Europe: systematics and biodiversity]. Strata, Série 2 41:1-81 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

56054 F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2014. An overview of the latest Cretaceous hadrosauroid record in Europe. In D. A. Eberth & D. C. Evans (ed.), Hadrosaurs 268-297 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
47749 A. Prieto-Marquez, F. M. D. Vecchia, R. Gaete and A. Galobart. 2013. Diversity, relationships, and biogeography of the lambeosaurine dinosaurs from the European archipelago, with description of the new aralosaurin Canardia garonnensis. PLoS One 8(7):e69835:1-44 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano]
76284 E. Puértolas-Pascual, A. Blanco, C. A. Brochu and J. I. Canudo. 2016. Review of the Late Cretaceous-early Paleogene crocodylomorphs of Europe: Extinction patterns across the K-PG boundary. Cretaceous Research 57:565-590 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]