Marnes d'Auzas Formation

The Marnes d’Auzas Formation (Auzas Marls Formation) is a geological Formation in southwestern France (departments of Ariège and Haute-Garonne) whose strata date back to the Late Maastrichtian.[1] It is about 100 metres thick and consists primarily of marls with some interbeds of sandstones.[1] It corresponds to sediments whose depositional environment evolved from the paralic domain (coastal lagoons, tidal marsh, tidal muddy channel) at the base of the formation, towards a more continental domain (alluvial plain, fluvial channels) in its upper part.[1] The Marnes d’Auzas Formation was deposited in the west coast of the former Ibero-Armorican Island, which included much of France and Spain.[2]

Marnes d’Auzas Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous (Late Maastrichtian)
~67.5–66 Ma
TypeGeological formation
UnderliesAurignac Formation
OverliesJadet Calcarenites Formation
ThicknessAbout 100 m
Lithology
PrimaryMarls
OtherSandstones
Location
Coordinates43°25′N 1°30′E
RegionEurope
Country France
Marnes d'Auzas Formation is located in France
Marnes d'Auzas Formation
Marnes d'Auzas Formation (France)

Vertebrate paleofauna

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Holotype maxilla of Canardia garonnensis from the site of Tricouté 3 in the basal part of the Marnes d'Auzas Formation.[3]
 
Bones of an indeterminate Lambeosaurinae from the site of Cassagnau 2 in the middle part of the Marnes d'Auzas Formation. Predentary in dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views. Partial left dentary in medial view (C). Dentary tooth crowns in lingual view (D). Complete left pubis in lateral view (E). Left dentary in medial view (F), belonging to the same individual as the predentary.[3]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ Csiki-Sava, Z.; Buffetaut, E.; Ősi, A.; Pereda-Suberbiola, X.; Brusatte, S.L. (2015). "Island life in the Cretaceous-faunal composition, biostratigraphy, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European archipelago". ZooKeys (469): 1–161. doi:10.3897/zookeys.469.8439. PMC 4296572. PMID 25610343.
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  7. ^ Pérez-García, A.; Ortega, F.; Murelaga, X. (2012). "A new genus of Bothremydidae (Chelonii, Pleurodira) in the Cretaceous of southwestern Europe". Geobios. 45 (2): 219–229. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2011.03.001.
  8. ^ Garcia, G.; Bardet, N.; Houssaye, A.; Pereda-Suberbiola, X.; Valentin, X. (2015). "Mosasauroid (Squamata) discovery in the Late Cretaceous (Early Campanian) continental deposits of Villeveyrac-L'Olivet, Southern France – Découverte de Mosasauroidea (Squamata) dans le Crétacé supérieur (Campanien inférieur) continental de Villeveyrac – L'Olivet, sud de la France". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 14 (6–7): 495–505. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2015.05.002.
  9. ^ Laurent, Y.; Buffetaut, E.; Le Loeuff, J. (2000). "Un crâne de Thoracosaurine (Crocodylia, Crocodylidae) dans le Maastrichtien supérieur du sud de la France". Oryctos (3): 19–27.
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