Bellevue, locality C3 (C III): Early/Lower Maastrichtian, France
collected by Clottes, Raynaud 1986-
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Plantae indet.
Haeckel 1866
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Le Loeuff 1995 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Titanosauria indet.
Bonaparte and Coria 1993
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Vila et al. 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
left femur, MDE C3-1278 | ||||||||||
Hypselosaurus priscus
Matheron 1869
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500 specimens | |||||||||
= Titanosauridae indet.
Lydekker 1885
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Le Loeuff 1993 | |||||||||
"new species" | ||||||||||
= Ampelosaurus atacis n. gen., n. sp.
Le Loeuff 1995
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Le Loeuff 1995 | |||||||||
incl. 6 femora, MDE C3-87, 1482, 78, 287, 182, 20 | ||||||||||
cf. Lirainosaurus astibiae
Sanz et al. 1999
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Vila et al. 2012 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
femora, MDE C3-61, C3-261, C3-203 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Nodosauridae
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Ankylosauria indet.
Osborn 1923
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Le Loeuff 2005 | |||||||||
dermal plates | ||||||||||
= cf. Struthiosaurus austriacus
Bunzel 1871
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Laurent et al. 2001 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Rhabdodontidae
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Rhabdodon priscus
(Matheron 1869)
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Le Loeuff 1995 | 100 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Le Loeuff 1995 | |||||||||
= Dromaeosauridae indet.
Colbert and Russell 1969
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Buffetaut and Le Loeuff 1997 | |||||||||
= cf. Variraptor mechinorum
Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1998
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Laurent et al. 2001 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Gargantuaviidae
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Buffetaut and Le Loeuff 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
= Gargantuavis philoinos n. gen., n. sp.
Buffetaut and Le Loeuff 1998
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Buffetaut and Le Loeuff 1998 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Pterosauria
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Pterosauria indet.
Kaup 1834
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Buffetaut 1998 | |||||||||
Several poorly preserved hollow bones | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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cf. Ischyrochampsa meridionalis
Vasse 1995
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Laurent et al. 2001 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Neosuchia | ||||||||||
Eusuchia indet.
Huxley 1875
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Le Loeuff 1995 | |||||||||
= Allodaposuchus precedens
Nopcsa 1928
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Buscalioni et al. 2001 | |||||||||
= Allodaposuchidae indet.
Narváez et al. 2015
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Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2016 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Le Loeuff 1995 | |||||||||
= Foxemys mechinorum
Tong et al. 1998
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Gaffney et al. 2006 | |||||||||
MDE C3 774, partial skull and shell fragments | ||||||||||
Coelacanthimorpha
- Coelacanthiformes
- Mawsoniidae
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Axelrodichthys megadromos
Cavin et al. 2016
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Cavin et al. 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MDE C3-02-57 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Le Loeuff 1995 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | France | State/province: | Languedoc-Roussillon | County: | Aude |
Coordinates: | 42.9° North, 2.2° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.8° North, 2.0° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Altitude: | 356 meters | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Marnes Rouges Inférieures | Member: | Marnes de la Maurine | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: upper part of the Maurine Red Marls Formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | red marl |
Secondary lithology: | lenticular,fine,coarse conglomerate |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "fluvial marls interbedded with microconglomeratic lenses" | |
Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Geology comments: "meandering and braided fluvio-alluvial setting" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Lagerst�tten type: | concentrate |
Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Abundance in sediment: | abundant |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | Clottes, Raynaud | Collection dates: | 1986- |
Collection method comments: also includes "remains of plants and invertebrates" |
Metadata
Also known as: | Campagne-sur-Aude | ||
Database number: | 48850 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Benson, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion, R. Benson |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-03-31 15:44:04 | Last modified: | 2023-11-27 12:44:22 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-31 15:44:04 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
30925. | ETE | 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] |
Secondary references:
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30133 | E. Buffetaut. 2008. Late Cretaceous pterosaurs from France: a review. Zitteliana B 28:249-255 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
43907 | E. Buffetaut and J. Le Loeuff. 1989. Les dinosaures du Crétacé supérieur des Corbières, France [The Upper Cretaceous dinosaurs of Corbières, France]. Géochronique 32:4-5 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
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14444 | ETE | A. D. Buscalioni, F. Ortega, D. B. Weishampel and C. M. Jianu. 2001. A revision of the crocodyliform Allodaposuchus precedens from the Upper Cretaceous of the Hateg Basin, Romania. Its relevance in the phylogeny of Eusuchia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(1):74-86 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
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