Also known as Ardèche, Largentiere

Where: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (44.5° N, 4.3° E: paleocoordinates 9.4° N, 16.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Grès Inférieurs du Roubreau Formation, Anisian to Anisian (247.2 - 237.0 Ma)

• from the "detrital" basal formation, 10 m above base, correlated with either Muschelkalk or Buntsandstein; 3 layers

•Anisian to early Ladinian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, trace

Collected by J. Samama, SMMP in 1963, 1967–1972

Collection methods: salvage, surface (in situ),

• excavated by la Société Métallurgique et Minière Peñarroya (SMMP)

Primary reference: G. Demathieu and J. C. Samama. 1968. Les empreintes de pas fossiles des grés triasiques de la mine de Largentière (Ardèche) [The fossil footprints from the Triassic sandstones of the Largentière mine (Ardèche)]. Bulletin Scientifique de Bourgogne 25:347-367 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 192151: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 13.03.2018

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