{"id":14994,"date":"2025-12-29T11:48:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T09:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/lamarseillaise\/news\/?p=14994"},"modified":"2025-12-29T12:52:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T10:52:59","slug":"retro-2025-un-fossile-de-crocodile-marin-expose-a-lodeve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/lamarseillaise\/news\/2025\/12\/29\/retro-2025-un-fossile-de-crocodile-marin-expose-a-lodeve\/","title":{"rendered":"[R\u00e9tro 2025] Un fossile de crocodile marin expos\u00e9 \u00e0 Lod\u00e8ve"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph\">\n<p>C\u2019est une d\u00e9couverte exceptionnelle. Le mus\u00e9e de Lod\u00e8ve a r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 au public, le 18\u00a0octobre, le squelette fossilis\u00e9 quasi complet et en connexion anatomique (c\u2019est-\u00e0-dire qu\u2019il a conserv\u00e9 la disposition naturelle de ses os) d\u2019un crocodile de pr\u00e8s 5\u00a0m\u00e8tres de long datant du Jurassique (180\u00a0millions d\u2019ann\u00e9es).<\/p>\n<p><i>\u00ab<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>C\u2019est la premi\u00e8re fois en France qu\u2019on trouve un squelette de crocodile de cette qualit\u00e9 aussi bien conserv\u00e9<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>\u00bb,<\/i> explique St\u00e9phane Fouch\u00e9, responsable des collections de pal\u00e9ontologie du mus\u00e9e de Lod\u00e8ve.<i> <\/i>Il aura fallu 12\u00a0ans entre la d\u00e9couverte du lieu de fouilles et l\u2019exposition du crocodile. <i>\u00ab<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>En 2013, un promeneur avait pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 au mus\u00e9e plusieurs vert\u00e8bres fossilis\u00e9es qu\u2019il avait d\u00e9couvertes<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>\u00bb<\/i>, explique le pal\u00e9ontologue. <i>\u00ab<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>Elles venaient d\u2019un ichtyosaure, un reptile marin aux allures de dauphin. Il nous a indiqu\u00e9 le lieu de sa trouvaille et apr\u00e8s avoir re\u00e7u l\u2019autorisation du propri\u00e9taire du terrain, nous avons commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 creuser.<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>\u00bb<\/i> Les fouilles dureront de 2017 \u00e0 2020. <i>\u00ab<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>On cherchait l\u2019ichtyosaure et son cr\u00e2ne mais on a trouv\u00e9 autre chose.<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>\u00bb<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Le crocodile ainsi d\u00e9couvert (25\u00a0plaques de pierres, 500\u00a0kg) a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9pos\u00e9 dans les r\u00e9serves du Mus\u00e9e de Lod\u00e8ve, le temps d\u2019organiser le financement de sa restauration, qui durera 6\u00a0mois. \u00c0 pr\u00e8s quoi il a \u00e9t\u00e9 int\u00e9gr\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019exposition temporaire \u00ab\u00a0Anatomie compar\u00e9e des esp\u00e8ces imaginaires\u00a0\u00bb, pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e jusqu\u2019au 15\u00a0mars 2026 au mus\u00e9e de Lod\u00e8ve.<\/p>\n<p>Ce crocodile de l\u2019\u00e8re des dinosaures vivait en partie dans l\u2019eau et en surface.<i> \u00ab<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>Il reste \u00e0 d\u00e9terminer s\u2019il appartient \u00e0 une esp\u00e8ce connue ou \u00e0 une nouvelle esp\u00e8ce<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>\u00bb<\/i>, indique St\u00e9phane Fouch\u00e9. Aussi, au terme de l\u2019exposition en cours, le fossile quittera le mus\u00e9e pour \u00eatre \u00e9tudi\u00e9 en d\u00e9tail par des chercheurs.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"C&rsquo;est une d&eacute;couverte exceptionnelle. 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