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Ausseing - Marnes d'Auzas, Occitanie, France

Group	Ausseing
Formation	Marnes d'Auzas
Age:	70.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Interval	Late Maastrichtian
Lithology	sandstone/marl, claystone, marl
Number of Collections	4
Number of Occurrences	35

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Mérigon 1	Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie, France	Ausseing - Marnes d'Auzas
Cassagnau 2	Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France	Ausseing - Marnes d'Auzas
Peyrecave	Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France	Ausseing - Marnes d'Auzas

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Lepisosteidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Lepisosteiformes : Lepisosteidae	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lepisosteus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Lepisosteiformes : Lepisosteidae : *Lepisosteus*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pycnodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Pycnodontiformes : Pycnodontidae : *Pycnodus*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Palaeogaleus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Triakidae : *Palaeogaleus*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Coupatezia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Myliobatiformes : *Coupatezia*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Rhombodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Myliobatiformes : Rhombodontidae : *Rhombodus*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Rhinobatos sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Rajiformes : Rhinobatidae : *Rhinobatos*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Theria subclass	3.3	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Theria	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hadrosauridae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Hadrosauridae	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lambeosaurinae subfamily	5.3	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Hadrosauridae : Lambeosaurinae	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anura order	4	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Eobatrachus : Anura	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Urodeles family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Caudata : Urodeles	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Osteichthyes unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Crocodylia order	4	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Thoracosaurus neocesariensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Thoracosaurus : *Thoracosaurus neocesariensis*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Eusuchia suborder	4.3	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Pristichampsus : Eusuchia	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Musturzabalsuchus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Alligatoridae : *Musturzabalsuchus*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Azhdarchidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Azhdarchidae	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Varanoidea superfamily	4.7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Varanoidea	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Teiidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Teiidae	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pleurodira suborder	4.3	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Pleurodira	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Foxemys sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Bothremydidae : *Foxemys*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Iberoccitanemys convenarum species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Bothremydidae : Iberoccitanemys : *Iberoccitanemys convenarum*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dromaeosauridae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Dromaeosauridae	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Theropoda unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Titanosauridae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Titanosauridae	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ostreidae family	5	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Siderolites calcitrapoides species	7	Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Calcarinidae : Siderolites : *Siderolites calcitrapoides*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hellenocyclina beotica species	7	Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Lepidorbitoididae : Hellenocyclina : *Hellenocyclina beotica*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tracheophyta phylum	2	Plantae : Tracheophyta	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Buffetaut E., Laurent Y., et al (1997) A terminal Cretaceous giant pterosaur from the French Pyrenees, Geological Magazine 134 4, 553-556

Buffetaut E., Le Loeuff J. (1997) Late Cretaceous dinosaurs from the foothills of the Pyrenees, Geology Today 1997 3-4, 60-68

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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