Gres de Saint-Chinian

Gres de Saint-Chinian
Stratigraphic range: Late Campanian - Early Maastrichtian[1]
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
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images

Ampelosaurus[1]

A. atacis[1]
  • Département de L'Herault[1]
Ampelosaurus
Rhabdodon
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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 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.