Grès à Reptiles

Grès à Reptiles
Stratigraphic range: Early Maastrichtian[1]
Type Geological formation
Location
Country  France

Grès à Reptiles is a French fossil site in the département of Var preserving the remains of several types of dinosaurs and other extinct organisms.

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Vertebrate paleofauna

Possible abelisaurid remains are known from Département du Var and Département des Bouches-du-Rhone, France.[1] Enantiornithes remains present in Département du Var, France.[1] Indeterminate avialan remains known from Département du Var, France.[1]

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative data are in small text; crossed out data are discredited.
Dinosaurs of the Grès à Reptiles
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images

Gargantuavis[2]

G. philoinos[2]

Hypselosaurus[3]

H. priscus[3]

Actually indeterminate sauropod remains.[3]

Megalosaurus[2]

M. pannoniensis[2]

Pyroraptor[4]

P. olympius[4]
  • Bouches-du-Rhône[4]

"Fragmentary postcrania and teeth."[5]

Rhabdodon[3]

R. priscus[3]

Rhodanosaurus[4]

R. lugdunensis[4]
  • Bouches-du-Rhône[4]

Titanosaurus[2]

T. indicus[2]

Actually indeterminate sauropod remains.[2]

Variraptor[3]

V. mechinorum[3]

See also

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Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "14.8 Département du Var, France; 2. Grès à Reptiles Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 589.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Table 10.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 199.

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