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Cassagnau 2, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France

Lat/Long (Decimal)	43.2007,0.950376
Co-ordinates Derivation	estimated from map
Given Location	Haute-Garonne, France
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Cassagnau 2	Laurent Y., Bilotte M., et al (2002)	Ausseing - Marnes d'Auzas	15 m above Cassagnau 1	sandstone	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Lepisosteidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Lepisosteiformes : Lepisosteidae	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lepisosteus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Lepisosteiformes : Lepisosteidae : *Lepisosteus*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lambeosaurinae subfamily	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Hadrosauridae : Lambeosaurinae	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Crocodylia order	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Thoracosaurus neocesariensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Thoracosaurus : *Thoracosaurus neocesariensis*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Eusuchia suborder	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Pristichampsus : Eusuchia	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Musturzabalsuchus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Alligatoridae : *Musturzabalsuchus*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Varanoidea superfamily	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Varanoidea	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pleurodira suborder	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Pleurodira	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Foxemys sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Bothremydidae : *Foxemys*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Iberoccitanemys convenarum species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Bothremydidae : Iberoccitanemys : *Iberoccitanemys convenarum*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dromaeosauridae family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Dromaeosauridae	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Titanosauridae family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Titanosauridae	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Siderolites calcitrapoides species	Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Calcarinidae : Siderolites : *Siderolites calcitrapoides*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hellenocyclina beotica species	Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Lepidorbitoididae : Hellenocyclina : *Hellenocyclina beotica*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Laurent Y., Bilotte M., et al (2002) Late Maastrichtian continental vertebrates from southwestern France: correlation with marine fauna, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 187, 121-135

Laurent Y., Tong H., et al (2002) New side-necked turtle (Pleurodira: Bothremydidae) from the Upper Maastrichtian of the Petites-Pyrenees (Haute-Garonne, France), Cretaceous Research 23, 465-471

Laurent Y. (2003) Les faunes de vertébrés continentaux du Maastrichtien supérieur d'Europe: systématique et biodiversité [The continental vertebrate faunas of the upper Maastrichtian of Europe: systematics and biodiversity], Strata, Série 2 41, 1-81

Prieto-Marquez A., Vecchia F. M. D., et al (2013) Diversity, relationships, and biogeography of the Lambeosaurine dinosaurs from the European archipelago, with description of the new aralosaurin Canardia garonnensis, PLoS One 8 7, e69835 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069835

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