Gres de Saint-Chinian

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Gres de Saint-Chinian
Stratigraphic range: Late Campanian - Early Maastrichtian [1]
Type Geological formation
Location
Region Europe
CountryFlag of France.svg  France

The Gres de Saint-Chinian is a geological formation in Aude and Hérault, France whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. [1]

The Late Cretaceous is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous period is divided in the geologic timescale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous series. The Cretaceous is named after the white limestone known as chalk which occurs widely in northern France and is seen in the white cliffs of south-eastern England, and which dates from this time.

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Vertebrate paleofauna

Gres de Saint-Chinian outcrops in Département de L'Herault have produced dinosaur eggs, along with the indeterminate remains of avialans, enantiornithes, and possible indeterminate abelisaurids. [1]

Dinosaurs of the Gres de Saint-Chinian
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images

Ampelosaurus [1]

A. atacis [1]

  • Département de L'Herault [1]
Ampelosaurus AmpelosaurusDB.jpg
Ampelosaurus
Rhabdodon Rhabdodon.jpg
Rhabdodon
Variraptor Variraptor mechinorum 2.jpg
Variraptor

Rhabdodon [1]

Rhabdodon cf. priscus [1]

  • Département de L'Aude [1]

R. septimanicus [1]

  • Département de L'Herault [1]

"Dentary." [2]

Rhodanosaurus [1]

R. lugdunensis [1]

  • Département de L'Herault [1]

Actually indeterminate Ankylosauria remains. [1]

Megalosaurus [1]

M. pannoniensis [1]

  • Département de L'Herault [1]

Variraptor [1]

V. mechinorum [1]

  • Département de L'Herault [1]
  • Département de L'Aude [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 588-593. ISBN   0-520-24209-2.
  2. ↑ "Table 19.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 414.


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