Roquehautes-Grand Creux B (RHG-B): Early/Lower 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 aureliensis
Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
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Megaloolithus petralta
Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
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Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | County: | Bouches-du-Rhone |
| Coordinates: | 43.5° North, 5.5° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.1° North, 4.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 272 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
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: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Argiles et Grès à Reptiles | ||||
| Local section: | Roquehautes-Grand Creux | Local bed: | 11 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower Rognacian; estimated strat level | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | paleosol/pedogenic,fine,red claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | paleosol/pedogenic calcareous claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | "floodplain" |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: The section is huge (about 200m) | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Grands Creux, Grands-Creux, Sainte Victoire, Roquehaute | ||
| Database number: | 65396 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-09-21 12:21:20 | Last modified: | 2022-04-20 11:16:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-09-21 12:21:20 |
| 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:
| 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] |