Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation
Appearance
Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Early Maastrichtian[1] | |
Type | Geological formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Shale, sandstone |
Location | |
Region | Var |
Country | France |
Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation is a French geologic formation in the département of Var preserving the remains of several types of dinosaurs and other extinct organisms.
Vertebrate paleofauna
Possible abelisaurid remains are known from Département du Var and Département des Bouches-du-Rhone, while enantiornithean and indeterminate avialan remains are known from Département du Var.[1]
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Dinosaurs of the Grès à Reptiles | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
G. philoinos[2] |
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H. priscus[3] |
Actually indeterminate sauropod remains.[3] | |||||
Theropoda |
Indeterminate |
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Previously referred to "Megalosaurus" pannoniensis | |||
P. olympius[4] |
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"Fragmentary postcrania and teeth."[5] |
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R. priscus[3] |
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R. lugdunensis[4] |
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V. mechinorum[3] |
See also
Footnotes
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g "14.8 Département du Var, France; 2. Grès à Reptiles Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 589.
- ^ a b c d e f g "14.8 Département du Var, France; 2. Grès à Reptiles Formation" and "14.38 Département des Bouches-du-Rhone, France; 1. Grès à Reptiles Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 589-590.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "14.38 Département des Bouches-du-Rhone, France; 1. Grès à Reptiles Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 590.
- ^ "Table 10.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 199.
References
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.