Vauban cliff, Fouras Peninsula (B2ms): Early/Lower Cenomanian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832
    = ? Lepisosteidae indet.
Vullo and Néraudeau 2008
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834
Tribodus morlati (Landemaine 1991)
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
Polyacrodus maiseyi Landemaine 1991
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes
Hambrabatis sp.
    = Hamrabatis bernardezi n. gen., n. sp. Vullo et al. 2007
Vullo et al. 2007
Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi (Thurmond 1971)
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
"Rhinobatos" sp. Link 1790
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes
Turoniabatis cappettai Landemaine 1991
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Ptychotrygonoides pouiti Landemaine 1991
Ptychotrygon sp. Jaekel 1894
"spp."
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Sclerorhynchidae indet. Capetta 1974
Onchopristis dunklei McNulty and Slaughter 1962
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Protoscyliorhinus magnus Landemaine 1991
Vullo et al. 2007
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Cantioscyllium cf. decipiens Woodward 1889
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium sp. Müller and Henle 1837
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Protolamna compressidens (Herman 1977)
Vullo et al. 2007
original and current combination Pseudoscapanorhynchus compressidens
Protolamna sp. Cappetta 1980
Cretodus semiplicatus (Agassiz 1843)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Cenocarcharias tenuiplicatus (Cappetta and Case 1975)
recombined as Eostriatolamia tenuiplicatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae
Archaeolamna sp. Siverson 1992
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus minimus Landemaine 1991
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Haimirichiidae
Carcharias amonensis (Cappetta and Case 1975)
recombined as Haimirichia amonensis
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax sp. Whitley 1939
Acipenseriformes
Cylindracanthus cretaceus
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus sp. Agassiz 1835
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Coelodus sp. Haeckel
Reptilia - Simoliophiidae
Simoliophis rochebrunei Sauvage 1880
MA FVA 4, vertebra
Reptilia
? Scincomorpha indet. Camp 1923
Vullo and Néraudeau 2008 1 specimen
    = Scincoidea indet. Oppel 1811
Vullo et al. 2011
MA FVA 3
Reptilia - Ornithocheiridae
Ornithocheiridae indet. Seeley 1870
1 specimen
MA FVA 2
Reptilia - Carcharodontosauridae
? Carcharodontosauridae indet. Stromer 1931
Vullo et al. 2007
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
? Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969
Vullo et al. 2007
Reptilia
Brachiosauridae indet. Riggs 1904
Vullo et al. 2007 1 specimen
MTA FVA 1
    = Macronaria indet. Sereno 1997
Mannion et al. 2013
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
3 specimens
basal hadrosaurid
Reptilia
? Iguanodon sp. Mantell 1825
    = Iguanodontoidea indet. Hay 1902
Vullo et al. 2007
Reptilia - Crocodyliformes
Crocodylia indet. (Hay 1930)
2 specimens
similar to Hamadasuchus
    = Crocodyliformes indet. Hay 1930
Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2016
previously documented by Vullo et al. (2005) as a ziphodont tooth similar to those of Hamadasuchus
Reptilia
cf. Bernissartia sp. Dollo 1883
tooth
Reptilia - Plesiosauria
Plesiosauria indet. (de Blainville 1835)
1 specimen
tooth
Reptilia
Testudinata indet. (Oppel 1811)
1-2 unidentified forms
Shell fragments
    = Helochelys danubina von Meyer 1854
Joyce 2017
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Poitou-Charentes
Coordinates: 46.0° North, 1.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.8° North, 1.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Cenomanian
Age range of interval:100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Subunit B2ms, upper part
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:lenticular sandy claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "sandy-clayey lens"
Environment:paralic indet.
Geology comments: detrital paralic environment
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Fragmentation:occasional
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Rock censused:250 kg
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Fouras-Vauban
Database number:77232
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Holroyd, M. Clapham, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Carrano, M. Clapham, P. Mannion, J. Tennant, P. Holroyd
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-01-04 14:30:55 Last modified:2022-03-28 11:10:36
Access level:the public Released:2008-01-04 14:30:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
81032. R. Vullo, D. Néraudeau, R. Allain and H. Cappetta. 2005. Un nouveau gisement à microrestes de vertébrés continentaux et littoraux dans le Cénomanien inférieur de Fouras (Charente-Maritime, Sud-Ouest de la France) [A new continental and coastal vertebrate locality in the Early Cenomanian of Fouras (Charente-Maritime, southwestern France]. Comptes Rendus Palevol 4(1-2):95-107 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

62124 W. G. Joyce. 2017. A Review of the Fossil Record of Basal Mesozoic Turtles. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 58(1):65-113 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion]
46153 P. D. Mannion, P. Upchurch, R. N. Barnes and O. Mateus. 2013. Osteology of the Late Jurassic Portuguese sauropod dinosaur Lusotitan atalaiensis (Macronaria) and the evolutionary history of basal titanosauriforms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 168:98-206 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
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]
73638 R. Vullo, H. Cappetta, and D. Néraudeau. 2007. New sharks and rays from the Cenomanian and Turonian of Charentes, France. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52:99-116 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
46358 R. Vullo, F. de Lapparent de Broin, D. Nerudeau and N. Durrieu. 2010. Turtles from the Early Cenomanian paralic deposits (Late Cretaceous) of Charentes, France. Oryctos 9:37-48 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]
26151ETE R. Vullo, D. Neraudeau, and T. Lenglet. 2007. Dinosaur teeth from the Cenomanian of Charentes, western France: evidence for a mixed Laurasian-Gondwanan assemblage. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(4):931-943 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
29837 R. Vullo and D. Néraudeau. 2008. Cenomanian vertebrate assemblages from southwestern France: a new insight into the European mid-Cretaceous continental fauna. Cretaceous Research 29(5-6):930-935 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
29832ETE R. Vullo and D. Neraudeau. 2009. Pterosaur remains from the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) paralic deposits of Charentes, western France. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(1):277-282 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
36357ETE R. Vullo, J.-C. Rage, and D. Neraudeau. 2011. Anuran and squamate remains from the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Charentes, western France. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(2):279-291 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]