PBDB Collection

Cherves-de-Cognac, levels 32–37: Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian, France
collected 2001-

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Mammalia - Spalacotheriidae

	Spalacotherium evansae Ensom and Sigogneau-Russell 2000	Pouech et al. 2006
Mammalia - Dryolestidae

	Dryolestidae indet. Marsh 1879	Mazin et al. 2006
Mammalia - Multituberculata

	Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884	Mazin et al. 2006
Mammalia - Eutriconodonta - Triconodontidae

	Triconodon sp. Owen 1859	Pouech et al. 2006
Reptilia - Squamata

	Squamata indet. Oppel 1811	Mazin et al. 2006
Reptilia

	cf. Tretosternum sp. (Owen 1842)	Pouech et al. 2006
	misspelling Tretosternon

	Bernissartia fagesii Dollo 1883	Pouech et al. 2006

	Pholidosaurus sp. Meyer 1841		2 specimens
	Two skulls (including CHE03.100) kept at the Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (Martin and Buffetaut 2012)
	= Pholidosaurus purbeckensis Mansel-Pleydell 1888	Martin et al. 2016
	CHV03.100 (complete skull with mandibles and osteoderms) and TL (Thierry Lenglet Collection) specimen, housed in Musee d'Angouleme (deformed skull with right mandible)
	= Pholidosaurus informal Cherves-de-Cognac sp.	Sachs et al. 2019
	"Cherves-de-Cognac species"
Reptilia - Goniopholididae

	Goniopholis sp. Owen 1842
Reptilia

	Theriosuchus sp. Owen 1878	Pouech et al. 2006

	Iguanodontia indet. Baur 1891	Mazin et al. 2006

	Stegosauridae indet. Marsh 1880		1 specimen
	= Stegosauria indet. Marsh 1877	Billon-Bruyat et al. 2010
	CHE02.084; tooth
Reptilia - Heterodontosauridae

	Heterodontosauridae indet. Romer 1966	Mazin et al. 2006
Reptilia - Theropoda

	Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae

	Nuthetes sp. Owen 1854	Pouech et al. 2006
Reptilia - Archaeopterygidae

	Archaeopterygidae indet. Huxley 1871	Mazin et al. 2006	1 specimen
	invalid subgroup of Avialae
	CHVm03.514 (tooth)
Reptilia - Camarasauridae

	Camarasauridae indet. Cope 1877
Reptilia

	Pterosauria indet. Kaup 1834
	= Pterodactyloidea indet. Plieninger 1901	Mazin et al. 2006
Reptilia - Sphenodontidae

	Sphenodontidae indet. Cope 1871	Mazin et al. 2006
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae

	Albanerpetontidae indet. Fox and Naylor 1982	Mazin et al. 2006
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Caturidae

	Caturidae indet. Owen 1860	Pouech et al. 2006

	Caturus sp. Agassiz 1834	Pouech et al. 2015	259 specimens
	tooth morphotype 3
Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Semionotidae

	Semionotiformes indet. Arambourg and Bertin 1958
	= Semionotidae indet. Woodward 1890	Pouech et al. 2006
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes

	Scheenstia mantelli (Agassiz 1833)	Pouech et al. 2015
	tooth morphotype 1
Actinopteri

	Pycnodontoidea indet.	Pouech et al. 2015	10 specimens
	tooth morphotype 11
Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes

	Thrissops sp. Agassiz 1833	Pouech et al. 2015	4 specimens
	tooth morphotype 5
Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae

	Ichthyodectidae indet. Crook 1892	Pouech et al. 2006
Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae

	Belonostomus sp. Agassiz 1834	Pouech et al. 2015	8 specimens
	tooth morphotype 4
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes

	? Pycnodontiformes indet. Berg 1937	Pouech et al. 2015	5922 specimens
	tooth morphotype 2

	Pycnodontiformes indet. Berg 1937	Pouech et al. 2015	6 specimens
	tooth morphotype 8
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

	Pycnodontidae indet. (Agassiz 1833)	Pouech et al. 2006	9 specimens
	= Pycnodontidae informal indet. 9 Agassiz 1833	Pouech et al. 2015
	tooth morphotype 9

	Pycnodontidae informal indet. 10 (Agassiz 1833)	Pouech et al. 2015	62 specimens
	tooth morphotype 10
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Gyrodontidae

	Gyrodus sp. Agassiz 1833	Pouech et al. 2015	2872 specimens
	tooth morphotype 6
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes

	cf. Arcodonichthys sp. Poyato-Ariza and Bermúdez-Rochas 2007	Pouech et al. 2015	17 specimens
	tooth morphotype 7
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae

	Belemnobatis variabilis Underwood and Rees 2002	Rees et al. 2013	52 specimens
	19 teeth and 33 dermal denticles [horizons C32, C33]
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae

	Lonchidiidae indet. Herman 1977	Pouech et al. 2006

	Polyacrodus sp. Jaekel 1889		6 specimens
	= Parvodus celsucuspus n. sp. Rees et al. 2013	Rees et al. 2013
	CHVm03.634, anterior tooth; CHVm03.636, juvenile tooth; CHVm03.637, lateral tooth; CHVm03.638, lateral tooth; CHVm03.641, posterior tooth; CHV03.006, cephalic spine [horizon C35]
see common names

Geography

Country:	France	State/province:	Poitou-Charentes	County:	Charente
Coordinates:	45.8° North, 0.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	36.6° North, 9.5° East
Basis of coordinate:	estimated from map
Altitude:	11 meters
Geographic resolution:	outcrop

Time

Period:	Cretaceous	Epoch:	Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:	Berriasian	10 m.y. bin:	Cretaceous 1
Key time interval:	Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian
Age range of interval:	145.00000 - 140.60000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Local section:	Champblanc	Local bed:	36
Local order:	bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:	group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: in the "High Fossiliferous Zone" (HFZ) = levels 32-37

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	hummocky CS not reported
Includes fossils?	Y
Lithology description: includes hummocky cross-stratification
Environment:	lacustrine deltaic indet.
Geology comments: storm or flood deposit

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Lagerst�tten type:	concentrate
Degree of concentration:	concentrated
Size of fossils:	macrofossils,mesofossils
Spatial orientation:	random
Preservation of anatomical detail:	excellent
Abundance in sediment:	abundant
Articulated whole bodies:	some
Associated major elements:	some
Disassociated major elements:	many
Disassociated minor elements:	many
Size sorting:	very poor
Fragmentation:	occasional
Spatial resolution:	allochthonous

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	bulk,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:	general faunal/floral analysis
Collection dates:	2001-

Metadata

Also known as:	Champblanc Quarry
Database number:	61930
Authorizer:	M. Carrano, P. Mannion, P. Wagner	Enterer:	M. Carrano, P. Mannion, P. Wagner
Modifier:	M. Carrano	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2006-07-07 12:27:26	Last modified:	2022-02-14 09:57:08
Access level:	the public	Released:	2006-07-07 12:27:26
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

25997.

ETE

J.-M. Mazin and J.-P. Billon-Bruyat. 2002. Le gisement paléontologique de Cherves-de-Cognac [The paleontological locality of Cherves-de-Cognac]. Pour La Science 293:30-31 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

50238		J.-P. Billon-Bruyat, J.-M. Mazin, and J. Pouech. 2010. A stegosaur tooth (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Early Cretaceous of southwestern France. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 103:143-153 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
65853		A. Louchart and J. Pouech. 2017. A tooth of Archaeopterygidae (Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous of France extends the spatial and temporal occurrence of the earliest birds. Cretaceous Research 73:40-46 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
44156		J. E. Martin and E. Buffetaut. 2012. The maxillary depression of Pholidosauridae: an anatomical study. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(6):1442-1446 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
60331		J. E. Martin, J. Raslan-Loubatié, and J.-M. Mazin. 2016. Cranial anatomy of Pholidosaurus purbeckensis from the Lower Cretaceous of France and its bearing on pholidosaurid affinities. Cretaceous Research 66:43-59 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
17894	ETE	J.-M. Mazin, J.-P. Billon-Bruyat, J. Pouech and P. Hantzpergue. 2006. The Purbeckian site of Cherves-de-Cognac (Berriasian, Early Cretaceous, southwest France): a continental ecosystem accumulated in an evaporitic littoral depositional environment. 9th International Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota, Abstracts and Proceedings Volume 84-88 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
17901	ETE	J. Pouech, J.-M. Mazin, and J.-P. Billon-Bruyat. 2006. Microvertebrate biodiversity from Cherves-de-Cognac (Lower Cretaceous, Berriasian: Charente, France). 9th International Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota, Abstracts and Proceedings Volume 96-100 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
80643		J. Pouech, J.-M. Mazin, L. Cavin and F. J. Poyato-Ariza. 2015. A Berriasian actinopterygian fauna from Cherves-de-Cognac, France: biodiversity and palaeoenvironmental implications. Cretaceous Research 55:32-43 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
79836		J. Rees, G. Cuny, J. Pouech and J.-M. Mazin. 2013. Non-marine selachians from the basal Cretaceous of Charente, SW France. Cretaceous Research 44:122-131 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
71489		S. Sachs, M. M. Johnson, M. T. Young and P. Abel. 2019. The mystery of Mystriosaurus: Redescribing the poorly known Early Jurassic teleosauroid thalattosuchians Mystriosaurus laurillardi and Steneosaurus brevior. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64(3):565-579 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd/G. Varnham]
47183		P. Vignaud, F. de Broin, M. Brunet, E. Cariou, P. Hantzpergue and B. Lange-Badre. 1994. Les faunes des vertébrés jurassiques de la bordure nord-orientale du bassin d'Aquitaine (France): biochronologie et environnements [Jurassic vertebrate faunas from the northeastern border of the Aquitaine Basin (France): biochronology and environments]. In E. Carious & P. Hantzpergue (ed.), 3ème Symposium International de Stratigraphie du Jurassique, Poitiers, 22–29 Septembre 1991. Geobios, Mémoire spécial 17:493-503 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]