Rousset-Village (RSV): Maastrichtian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Titanosauridae
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Megaloolithus siruguei
Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| RSV3-8, RSV3-9 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Cairanoolithidae
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Dughioolithus roussetensis n. gen., n. sp.
Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Cairanoolithus roussetensis | ||||||||||
| RSV3-11, RSV3-12, RSV3-14 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | County: | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| Coordinates: | 43.5° North, 5.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.9° North, 4.3° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: just below Rognac Limestone, "Middle" Rognacian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandy claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | red sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "sandy clays and pink sandstone"; "from a sandy marl stratum located just below the Rognac Limestone" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 65390 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-09-21 11:25:30 | Last modified: | 2023-10-31 11:10:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-09-21 11:25:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14215. | ETE | M. Vianey-Liaud, P. Mallan, O. Buscail and C. Montgelard. 1994. Review of French dinosaur eggshells: morphology, structure, mineral, and organic composition. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 151-183 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 86229 | A. G. Sellés and À Galobart. 2016. Reassessing the endemic European Upper Cretaceous dinosaur egg Cairanoolithus. Historical Biology 28(5):583-596 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 44320 | M. Vianey-Liaud and J.-Y. Crochet. 1994. Dinosaur eggshells from the Late Cretaceous of Laeguedoc (southern France). Dinosaurs and Other Fossil Reptiles of Europe, Second Georges Cuvier Symposium. Revue de Paléobiologie Volume spécial 7:237-149 [J. Alroy/A. Garcia Selles/M. Carrano] | |
| 23594 | ETE | M. Vianey-Liaud and N. López-Martínez. 1997. Late Cretaceous dinosaur eggshells from the Tremp basin, southern Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain. Journal of Paleontology 71(6):1157-1171 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |