Campanian

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The Campanian is a stage on the geologic time scale occurring from 83.5 ± 0.7 Ma to 70.6 ± 0.6 Ma (million years ago).

It is the middle stage of the Late Cretaceous Epoch.

It is named after the French village of Champagne in the departement Charente-Maritime.

Animals that lived in the Campanian include:

Contents 1 Vertebrate Fauna 1.1 Ankylosaurs 1.2 Birds 1.3 Bony Fish 1.4 Cartilaginous Fish 1.5 Ceratopsians 1.6 Crocodylomorphs 1.7 Mammals 1.8 Ornithopods 1.9 Pachycephalosaurs 1.10 Plesiosaurs 1.11 Pterosaurs 1.12 Sauropods 1.13 Squamates 1.14 Testudines 1.15 Theropods 2 See also

[edit] Vertebrate Fauna

[edit] Ankylosaurs

Ankylosaurs of the Campanian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Edmontonia				Edmontonia. Euoplocephalus.
Euoplocephalus
Pinacosaurus
Saichania
Tarchia

[edit] Birds

Birds of the Campanian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Hesperornis				Hesperornis Iberomesornis Sinornis
Iberomesornis
Sinornis

[edit] Bony Fish

Bony fish of the Campanian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Xiphactinus				Xiphactinus

[edit] Cartilaginous Fish

Cartilaginous fish of the Campanian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Chlamydoselachus				Chlamydoselachus

[edit] Ceratopsians

Ceratopsians of the Campanian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Achelousaurus				Avaceratops Chasmosaurus Centrosaurus Einiosaurus Graciliceratops Protoceratops Styracosaurus
Anchiceratops
Avaceratops
Bagaceratops
Brachyceratops
Centrosaurus
Chasmosaurus
Einiosaurus
Graciliceratops
Protoceratops
Styracosaurus
Torosaurus

[edit] Crocodylomorphs

Crocodylomorphs of the Campanian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
†Deinosuchus				Deinosuchus

[edit] Mammals

Mammals of the Campanian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Alphadon				Zalambdalestes
Didelphodon
Zalambdalestes

[edit] Ornithopods

Ornithopods of the Campanian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Corythosaurus				Edmontosaurus Hypacrosaurus Maiasaura Orodromeus Tsintaosaurus
Edmontosaurus
Gryposaurus
Hadrosaurus
Hypacrosaurus
Kritosaurus
Lambeosaurus
Maiasaura
Orodromeus
Prosaurolophus
Rhabdodon
Saurolophus
Shantungosaurus
Tanius
Tsintaosaurus

[edit] Pachycephalosaurs

Pachycephalosaurs of the Campanian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Micropachycephalosaurus				Stegoceras.
Prenocephale
Stegoceras
Tylocephale
Wannanosaurus

[edit] Plesiosaurs

Plesiosaurs of the Campanian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
†Elasmosaurus				Elasmosaurus

[edit] Pterosaurs

Pterosaurs of the Campanian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Nyctosaurus				Pteranodon Quetzalcoatlus
Pteranodon
Quetzalcoatlus

[edit] Sauropods

Sauropods of the Campanian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Alamosaurus				Saltasaurus
Andesaurus
Bruhathkayosaurus
Quaesitosaurus
Saltasaurus

[edit] Squamates

Squamates of the Campanian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Halisaurus				Mososaurus.
Mosasaurus
Plotosaurus
Tylosaurus

[edit] Testudines

Testudines of the Campanian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
†Archelon				Reconstruction of Archelon

[edit] Theropods

Theropods of the Campanian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Abelisaurus				Avimimus Bambiraptor Citipati Deinocheirus Shuvuuia Velociraptor
Adasaurus
Albertosaurus
Archaeornithomimus
Avimimus
Bambiraptor
Byronosaurus
Citipati
Daspletosaurus
Deinocheirus
Dromaeosaurus
Dromiceiomimus
Dryptosaurus
Gallimimus
Gorgosaurus
Harpymimus
Khaan
Mononykus
Noasaurus
Ornithomimus
Oviraptor
Pyroraptor
Rahonavis
Saurornitholestes
Shuvuuia
Struthiomimus
Therizinosaurus
Troodon
Variraptor
Velociraptor
Xenotarsosaurus

[edit] See also

• List of fossil sites (with link directory)

Cretaceous period
Lower/Early Cretaceous	Upper/Late Cretaceous
Berriasian | Valanginian | Hauterivian Barremian | Aptian | Albian	Cenomanian | Turonian | Coniacian Santonian | Campanian | Maastrichtian