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
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
Pouech et al. 2015 17 specimens
tooth morphotype 7
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
Scheenstia mantelli (Agassiz 1833)
Pouech et al. 2015
tooth morphotype 1
Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
Semionotiformes indet. Arambourg and Bertin 1958
    = Semionotidae indet. Woodward 1890
Pouech et al. 2006
Actinopteri
Pycnodontoidea indet.
Pouech et al. 2015 10 specimens
tooth morphotype 11
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Caturidae
Caturidae indet. Owen 1860
Pouech et al. 2006
Caturus sp. Agassiz 1834
Pouech et al. 2015 259 specimens
tooth morphotype 3
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpetontidae indet. Fox and Naylor 1982
Mazin et al. 2006
Mammalia - Dryolestidae
Dryolestidae indet. Marsh 1879
Mazin et al. 2006
Mammalia - Spalacotheriidae
Spalacotherium evansae Ensom and Sigogneau-Russell 2000
Pouech 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
Reptilia - Sphenodontidae
Sphenodontidae indet. Cope 1871
Mazin et al. 2006
Reptilia
Pterosauria indet. Kaup 1834
    = Pterodactyloidea indet. Plieninger 1901
Mazin et al. 2006
Reptilia - Camarasauridae
Camarasauridae indet. Cope 1877
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
Stegosauridae indet. Marsh 1880
1 specimen
    = Stegosauria indet. Marsh 1877
Billon-Bruyat et al. 2010
CHE02.084; tooth
Iguanodontia indet. Baur 1891
Mazin et al. 2006
Reptilia - Heterodontosauridae
Heterodontosauridae indet. Romer 1966
Mazin et al. 2006
Reptilia - Goniopholididae
Goniopholis sp. Owen 1842
Reptilia
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"
Theriosuchus sp. Owen 1878
Pouech et al. 2006
Bernissartia fagesii Dollo 1883
Pouech et al. 2006
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. Wagner, P. Mannion
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]
17894ETE 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]
17901ETE 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]