| Gres de Saint-Chinian | |
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| Stratigraphic range: Late Campanian - Early Maastrichtian | |
| 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.
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.
| Dinosaurs of the Gres de Saint-Chinian | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
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A. atacis |
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Rhabdodon cf. priscus |
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R. septimanicus |
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"Dentary." |
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R. lugdunensis |
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Actually indeterminate Ankylosauria remains. | ||||
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M. pannoniensis |
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V. mechinorum |
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See also
References
- ^ 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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