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]
Rhabdodon^[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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v 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.