Cassagnau 1: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, France
collected by Lepicard, F. Segura 1984, 1997
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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Laurent et al. 2002 | |||||||||
| teeth; MDE-Cas1-15 | ||||||||||
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cf. Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Laurent 2003 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Spariformes
- Sparidae
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Sparidae indet.
(Cuvier 1817)
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Laurent et al. 2002 | |||||||||
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= ? Sparidae indet.
Cuvier 1817
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Laurent 2003 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Phyllodontidae
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Phyllodontidae indet.
Sauvage 1875
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Laurent et al. 2002 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Albanerpetontidae
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Albanerpetontidae indet.
Fox and Naylor 1982
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Laurent et al. 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MDE-Cas1-156 (fragment of dentary) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Lacertilia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Laurent 2003 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| dentary | ||||||||||
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Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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Laurent 2003 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MDA-Cas1-210 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Dromaeosauridae indet.
Colbert and Russell 1969
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Laurent et al. 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| tooth, MDE-Cas1-92, ?claw | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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? Aves indet.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Laurent et al. 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MDE-Cas1-152 (proximal part of scapula) | ||||||||||
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= ? Enantiornithes indet.
Walker 1981
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Laurent 2003 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Titanosauridae
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Titanosauridae indet.
Lydekker 1885
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Laurent et al. 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MDE-Cas1-10 (tooth) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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Laurent 2003 | 14 specimens | ||||||||
| MDE-Cas1–200, proximal region of left ischium; dentary tooth crowns, four manual phalanges: MDE-CAS1-01, 03, 05, 07, 11, 14, 166, 207, 212, 215-216, 226, 256 | ||||||||||
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= Lambeosaurinae indet.
Parks 1923
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Prieto-Marquez et al. 2013 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Musturzabalsuchus sp.
Buscalioni et al. 1997
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Laurent et al. 2002 | |||||||||
| Numerous teeth | ||||||||||
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= ? Musturzabalsuchus sp.
Buscalioni et al. 1997
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Laurent 2003 | |||||||||
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= Eusuchia indet.
Huxley 1875
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Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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Thoracosaurus neocesariensis
(De Kay 1842)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MDE-Cas1-199 (near complete skull) | ||||||||||
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= Thoracosaurus sp.
Leidy 1852
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Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Pleurodira indet.
(Cope 1865)
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Laurent 2003 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Haute-Garonne |
| Coordinates: | 43.2° North, 1.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.2° North, 0.9° 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: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Marnes d'Auzas |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray marl |
| Secondary lithology: | pebbly sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "gray marls including numerous charophytes, below a small sandy level showing aligned clay pebbles" | |
| Environment: | paralic indet. |
| Geology comments: transition zone between paralic and limnic deposits, "brackish coastal marsh" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Lepicard, F. Segura | Collection dates: | 1984, 1997 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 118194 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, M. Carrano | Enterer: | P. Mannion, M. Carrano, J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | ||
| Created: | 2011-10-08 00:14:54 | Last modified: | 2022-03-08 15:05:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-10-08 00:14:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38062. | Y. Laurent, E. Buffetaut, and J. Le Loeuff. 2000. Un crane de Thoracosaurine (Crocodylia, Crocodylidae) dans le Maastrichtian Superieur du Sud de la France. Oryctos 3:19-27 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 56054 | F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2014. An overview of the latest Cretaceous hadrosauroid record in Europe. In D. A. Eberth & D. C. Evans (ed.), Hadrosaurs 268-297 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 52039 | J. D. Gardner and M. Böhme. 2008. Review of the Albanerpetontidae (Lissamphibia), with comments on the paleoecological preferences of European Tertiary albanerpetontids. In J. T. Sankey & S. Baszio (ed.), Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages: Their Role in Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography 178-218 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 80599 | E. Isasmendi, A. Torices, J. I. Canudo, P. J. Currie, and X. Pereda-Suberbiola. 2022. Upper Cretaceous European theropod palaeobiodiversity, palaeobiogeography and the intra‐Maastrichtian faunal turnover: new contributions from the Iberian fossil site of Laño. Papers in Palaeontology 8(1):e1419:1-38 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 56237 | Y. Laurent. 2003. Les faunes de vertébrés continentaux du Maastrichtien supérieur d'Europe: systématique et biodiversité [The continental vertebrate faunas of the upper Maastrichtian of Europe: systematics and biodiversity]. Strata, Série 2 41:1-81 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 38063 | Y. Laurent, M. Bilotte, and J. Le Loeuff. 2002. Late Maastrichtian continental vertebrates from southwestern France: correlation with marine fauna. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 187:121-135 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 47749 | A. Prieto-Marquez, F. M. D. Vecchia, R. Gaete and A. Galobart. 2013. Diversity, relationships, and biogeography of the lambeosaurine dinosaurs from the European archipelago, with description of the new aralosaurin Canardia garonnensis. PLoS One 8(7):e69835:1-44 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano] | |
| 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] |