Where: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France (47.2° N, 5.5° E: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 8.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)
• "at the base of the Rhaetian", in "banc 5"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, fine-grained, intraclastic, sandy breccia
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: M. J. Henry. 1876. L'Infralias dans la Franche-Comté [The Lower Lias of Franche-Comté]. Mémoires de la Société d'Émulation du Doubs, 4e série 10:287-486 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 90876: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.08.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Reptilia | |
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile | |
Ichthyosaurus sp. Koenig 1818 ichthyosaur | |
Megalosaurus obtusus n. sp.
Megalosaurus obtusus n. sp. Henry 1876 theropod | |
Termatosaurus alberti Meyer and Plieninger 1844 archosaur | |
Simosaurus sp. Meyer 1842 nothosaur | |
Osteichthyes | |
? Gyrolepis sp. Agassiz 1833 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
? Sphenodus sp. Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch | |
? Spinax sp. Agassiz 1837 dogfish shark | |
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch |