Re: A new Dromaeosaurid

["bervoets fred" <fb@nrc.nl>]

Its,
VARIRAPTOR mechinorum

A new dromaeosaurid theropod from the upper Cretaceous of Southern France.
Jean Le Loeuff and Eric Buffetaut Oryctos Vol 1: 105-112 October 1998

The new dromaeosaurid remains described here were discovered by Patrick and
Anne Mechin at the Bastide Neuve locality, in the Fox-Amphoux syncline, 35
km west of Draguigan (Var Department France, figure 1). The locality exposes
sediments belonging to the Gres a Reptiles Formation, which is Late
Campanian or Early Maastrichtian in age (Westphal & Durand, 1990; Buffetaut
& le Loeuff, 1991). The Fox-Amphoux syncline localities were discovered
during the first half of the nineteenth century and were mentioned by
Doublier (1842), Panescorse (1871) and Matheron (1891). The first systematic
excavations near Fox-Amphoux were conducted by Lapparent in 1939 (Lapparent
1947) at the farm of Metisson. Further excavations were undertaken at
Metisson in the late 1970s by a team from the Museum National d'Histoire
Naturelle of Paris and the University of Paris (Broin et al, 1980). The new
Bastide Neuve locality has yielded a rich vertebrate fauna comprising
chelonians (Podocnemididae), crocodiles (Alligatoridae, Crocodylidae),
dinosaurs (Dromaeosauridae, Titanosauridae, Ornithopoda, Ankylosauria) and
birds (cf. Buffetaut et al. 1995) Museum repositories are indicated as
follows: MDE = Musée des Dinosaures, Espéraza, France.


"life" picture at http://www.dinodata.net/

With regards
Fred Bervoets
fb@nrc.nl


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From: Archaeopteryx . <archaeopteryx@mail.com>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 1999 7:52 PM
Subject: A new Dromaeosaurid


> Name: Viraraptor Mechinorum
> Family: Dromaeosauridae
> Place: France
> Length: 5-6 feet
> Weight: 100lb
> Period: Late Cretaceous, 70 milliuon years ago
> Material: Dorsal Vertebrae, Skull material, humerus, femur, sickle claw,
> teeth
>
> anyone else heard of it?
>
>
> -Lauren Cole
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