Also known as Hypselosaurus type, Bassin d'Aix

Where: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (43.5° N, 5.2° E: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 3.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (70.6 - 65.5 Ma)

• "Rognacian"; "from the lower

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by P. Matheron in 1869

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: P. Matheron. 1869. Note sur les reptiles fossiles des dépôts fulvio-lacustres crétaces du bassin à lignite de Fuveau [Note on the fossil reptiles from the fluvio-lacustrine deposits of the Fuveau lignite basin]. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, série 2 26:781-795 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48863: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 01.04.2005

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