Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation

Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation
Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation
Stratigraphic range: Campanian-Early Maastrichtian, 74–70 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Calcaire de Rognac
Thickness	Over 40 m (130 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Clay, shale
Other	Sandstone
Location
Coordinates	43°30′N 5°30′E / 43.5°N 5.5°E
Approximate paleocoordinates	36°06′N 4°00′E / 36.1°N 4.0°E
Region	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Bouches-du-Rhône
Country	France
Extent	Aix-en-Provence Basin
	Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation (France)

Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation (meaning Reptile Clay and Sandstone) also known as the Argiles Rutilantes Formation^[1] is an early Maastrichtian^[2] French geologic formation in the département of Var preserving the remains of several types of dinosaurs and other extinct organisms.^[3]

Fossil content

An abelisaurid similar to Arcovenator is known from Département des Bouches-du-Rhone, while enantiornithean and indeterminate avialan remains are known from Département du Var.^[2]

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs of the Grès à Reptiles
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Abundance	Notes	Images
Abelisauridae	Indeterminate	Bouches du Rhône	Lower		A large abelisaurid that was similar to Arcovenator.
Arcovenator^[4]	A. escotae	Var	Lower		A large abelisaurid.
Atsinganosaurus^[5]	G. meridionalis	Bouches du Rhône	Lower		A titanosaur Lirainosaurinae.
Castignovolucris^[6]	C. sebei	Castigno valley, Villespassans, Hérault^[6]	Lower (i.e. continental red clays)^[6]		An enantiornithine bird.
Garrigatitan^[7]	A. velauciensis	Bouches du Rhône	Lower		A titanosaur Lirainosaurinae.
Gargantuavis^[8]	G. philoinos^[8]	Var^[8]
Hypselosaurus^[9]	H. priscus^[9]	Bouches-du-Rhône^[10] Var^[8]			Actually indeterminate sauropod remains.^[9]
Martinavis	M. cruzyensis				An enantiornithe bird
Matheronodon^[9]	M. provincialis^[9]	Bouches-du-Rhône ^[10]			A rhabdodontid ornithopod
Theropoda	Indeterminate	Var^[8]			Previously referred to "Megalosaurus" pannoniensis
Pyroraptor^[10]	P. olympius^[10]	Bouches-du-Rhône^[10]		"Fragmentary postcrania and teeth"^[11]
Rhabdodon^[9]	R. priscus^[9]	Bouches-du-Rhône^[10] Var^[8]
Rhodanosaurus^[10]	R. lugdunensis^[10]	Bouches-du-Rhône^[10]
Variraptor^[9]	V. mechinorum^[9]	Var^[8] Bouches-du-Rhône^[10]

Mammals of the Grès à Reptiles
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Abundance	Notes	Images
Mistralestes	M. arcensis	La Cairanne
Valentinella	V. vitrollense	Vitrolles-La Plaine

Color key

Taxon	Reclassified taxon	Taxon falsely reported as present	Dubious taxon or junior synonym	Ichnotaxon	Ootaxon	Morphotaxon

Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; ~~crossed out~~ taxa are discredited.

Crocodylians

Turtles

Pterosaurs

Mistralazhdarcho maggii^[17]

Fish

Fossil eggs

Flora

References

^ Tabuce et al., 2013
^ ^a ^b Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.588-593
^ Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Tortosa, Thierry; Buffetaut, Eric; Vialle, Nicolas; Dutour, Yves; Turini, Eric; Cheylan, Gilles (2014-01-01). "A new abelisaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of southern France: Palaeobiogeographical implications". Annales de Paléontologie. 100 (1): 63–86. Bibcode:2014AnPal.100...63T. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2013.10.003. ISSN 0753-3969.
^ Díez Díaz, Verónica; Garcia, Géraldine; Pereda Suberbiola, Xabier; Jentgen-Ceschino, Benjamin; Stein, Koen; Godefroit, Pascal; Valentin, Xavier (2020-12-21). "A new titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Velaux-La-Bastide Neuve (southern France)". Historical Biology. 33 (11): 2998–3017. doi:10.1080/08912963.2020.1841184. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 234404741.
^ ^a ^b ^c Buffetaut, E.; Angst, D.; Tong, H. (2023). "A new enantiornithine bird from Upper Cretaceous non-marine deposits at Villespassans (Hérault, southern France)". Annales de Paléontologie. 109 (1). 102585. Bibcode:2023AnPal.10902585B. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2022.102585. S2CID 257863645.
^ B. Vila; A. Galobart; J.U. Canudo; J. Le Loeff (2012). "The diversity of sauropod dinosaurs and their first taxonomic succession from the latest Cretaceous of southwestern Europe: Clues to demise and extinction". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 350–352 (15): 19–38. Bibcode:2012PPP...350...19V. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.06.008.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "14.8 Département du Var, France; 2. Grès à Reptiles Formation," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.589
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "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, pp.589-590
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "14.38 Département des Bouches-du-Rhone, France; 1. Grès à Reptiles Formation," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.590
^ "Table 10.1," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.199
^ Martin, 2007
^ Blanco & Brochu, 2016
^ ^a ^b Le Loeuff & Buffetaut, 1998
^ Tong et al., 1998
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Martin et al., 2016
^ Vullo et al., 2018
^ ^a ^b ^c Viany-Liaud et al., 1994

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