Gres de Saint-Chinian explained

Gres de Saint-Chinian
Type:	Geological formation
Age:	Late Campanian - Early Maastrichtian
Region:	Europe

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.

Dinosaurs of the Gres de Saint-Chinian
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Abundance	Notes	Images
Ampelosaurus	A. atacis	Département de L'Herault
Rhabdodon	Rhabdodon cf. priscus	Département de L'Aude
	R. septimanicus	Département de L'Herault		"Dentary."^[2]
Rhodanosaurus	R. lugdunensis	Département de L'Herault			Actually indeterminate Ankylosauria remains.
Megalosaurus	M. pannoniensis	Département de L'Herault
Variraptor	V. mechinorum	Département de L'Herault Département de L'Aude

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

Notes and References

1. 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. .
2. "Table 19.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 414.