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Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation (meaning Reptile Clay and Sandstone) also known as the Argiles Rutilantes Formation[1] is an early Maastrichtian[2] French geologic formation in the département of Var preserving the remains of several types of dinosaurs and other extinct organisms.[3]
Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Campanian-Early Maastrichtian, | |
Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Calcaire de Rognac |
Thickness | Over 40 m (130 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Clay, shale |
Other | Sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 43.5°N 5.5°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 36.1°N 4.0°E |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Bouches-du-Rhône |
Country | ![]() |
Extent | Aix-en-Provence Basin |
An abelisaurid similar to Arcovenator is known from Département des Bouches-du-Rhone, while enantiornithean and indeterminate avialan remains are known from Département du Var.[2]
Dinosaurs of the Grès à Reptiles | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
Abelisauridae | Indeterminate | Bouches du Rhône | Lower | A large abelisaurid that was similar to Arcovenator. | ||
Arcovenator[4] | A. escotae | Var | Lower | A large abelisaurid. | ![]() | |
Atsinganosaurus[5] | G. meridionalis | Bouches du Rhône | Lower | A titanosaur Lirainosaurinae. | ||
Castignovolucris[6] | C. sebei | Castigno valley, Villespassans, Hérault[6] | Lower (i.e. continental red clays)[6] | An enantiornithine bird. | ||
Garrigatitan[7] | A. velauciensis | Bouches du Rhône | Lower | A titanosaur Lirainosaurinae. | ||
Gargantuavis[8] | G. philoinos[8] | Var[8] | ||||
Hypselosaurus[9] | H. priscus[9] | Actually indeterminate sauropod remains.[9] | ![]() | |||
Matheronodon[9] | M. provincialis[9] |
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A rhabdodontid ornithopod | ![]() | ||
Theropoda | Indeterminate | Var[8] | Previously referred to "Megalosaurus" pannoniensis | |||
Pyroraptor[10] | P. olympius[10] | Bouches-du-Rhône[10] | "Fragmentary postcrania and teeth"[11] | ![]() | ||
Rhabdodon[9] | R. priscus[9] | ![]() | ||||
Rhodanosaurus[10] | R. lugdunensis[10] | Bouches-du-Rhône[10] | ||||
Variraptor[9] | V. mechinorum[9] | ![]() | ||||
Mammals of the Grès à Reptiles | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
Mistralestes | M. arcensis | La Cairanne | ||||
Valentinella | V. vitrollense | Vitrolles-La Plaine | ||||
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
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