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Ausseing - Marnes de Lestaillats, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France

Group	Ausseing
Formation	Marnes de Lestaillats
Age:	70.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Interval	Late Maastrichtian
Lithology	claystone, marl/sandstone, marl
Number of Collections	3
Number of Occurrences	42

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Lafarge quarry	Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France	Ausseing - Marnes de Lestaillats
Ausseing	Salies-du-Salat, Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France	Ausseing - Marnes de Lestaillats

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Amiidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Amiiformes : Amiidae	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Palaeolabrus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Amiiformes : Palaeolabridae : *Palaeolabrus*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Phyllodontidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Elopiformes : Phyllodontidae	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Phyllodontinae subfamily	5.3	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Elopiformes : Phyllodontidae : Phyllodontinae	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Atractosteus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Lepisosteiformes : Lepisosteidae : *Atractosteus*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
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
Sparoidei family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Sparoidei	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Selachii unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Selachii	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hadrosauridae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Hadrosauridae	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Nodosauridae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Nodosauridae	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hadrosauroidea unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Hadrosauroidea	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anura order	4	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Eobatrachus : Anura	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Osteichthyes unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Albanerpetontidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Gymnophiona : Albanerpetontidae	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
Musturzabalsuchus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Alligatoridae : *Musturzabalsuchus*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Acynodon iberoccitanus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Hylaeochampsidae : Acynodon : *Acynodon iberoccitanus*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lacertilia suborder	4.3	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Lacertilia	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Scincomorpha infraorder	4.5	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Scincomorpha	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Solemys sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Solemydidae : *Solemys*	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
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
Cyrena sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Cyrenidae : *Cyrena*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cerithium sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cerithiidae : *Cerithium*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Melanopsis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Melanopsidae : *Melanopsis*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Melanatria sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pachychilidae : *Melanatria*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Potamides sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Potamididae : *Potamides*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Buffetaut E. (1994) The significance of dinosaur remains in marine sediments: an investigation based on the French record, In R. Kohring & T. Martin (eds.), Miscellanea Palaeontologica 3: Festschrift Bernard Krebs. Berliner Geowissenschaften Abhandlungen, Reihe E 13, 125-133

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

Laurent Y., Cavin L., et al (1999) Découverte d'un gisement à vertébrés dans le Maastrichtien supérieur des Petites-Pyrénées [Discovery of a vertebrate locality in the upper Maastrichtian of the Petites-Pyrenees], Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 628, 781-787

Laurent Y., Le Loeuff J., et al (2001) Campanian-Maastrichtian continental-marine connection at the Aquitaine-Pyrenees-Provence area (S France), The Campanian-Maastrichtian Boundary. Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy 19, 657-674

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

Dalla Vecchia F. M. (2014) An overview of the latest Cretaceous hadrosauroid record in Europe, Hadrosaurs, 268-297

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