Where: Ain, France (45.8° N, 5.6° E: paleocoordinates 36.7° N, 14.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; carbonaceous siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, trace
Collection methods: surface (in situ), peel or thin section,
Primary reference: P. Bernier, G. Barale, J.-P. Bourseau, E. Buffetaut, G. R. Demathieu, C. Gaillard, J.-C. Gall and S. Wenz. 1984. Decouverte de pistes de dinosaures sauteurs dans les calcaires lithographiques de Cerin (Kimmeridgian Superieur, Ain, France): implications paleoecologiques [Discovery of trackways of hopping dinosaurs in the Cerin lithographic limestones (Upper Kimmeridgian, Ain, France): paleoecological implications]. Géobios, Mémoire Spéciale 8:177-185 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 59346: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 27.03.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Saltosauropus latus Bernier et al. 1984 turtle |