Gres de Saint-Chinian
Gres de Saint-Chinian Stratigraphic range: Late Campanian - Early Maastrichtian[1] | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Location | |
Region | Europe |
Country | 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]
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 | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
A. atacis[1] |
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Rhabdodon cf. priscus[1] |
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R. septimanicus[1] |
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"Dentary."[2] |
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R. lugdunensis[1] |
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Actually indeterminate Ankylosauria remains.[1] | ||||
M. pannoniensis[1] |
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V. mechinorum[1] |
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See also
References
- 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.
- ↑ "Table 19.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 414.
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