Between 1992 and 1995 amateur paleontologists Patrick Méchin and Annie Méchin-Salessy uncovered the remains of a small theropod in the Grès à Reptiles Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian) at La Bastide Neuve, near Fox-Amphoux. The first finds were in 1992 assigned to the dubious theropod genus Elopteryx.
Between 1992 and 1995, amateur paleontologists Patrick Méchin and Annie Méchin-Salessy uncovered the remains of a small theropod dinosaur at La Bastide Neuve. The initial discoveries were made in 1992 and initially assigned to an uncertain theropod genus.