Boniches: Anisian, Spain
collected by A. Mathieu 1964

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Coelurosaurichnus cf. perriauxi Demathieu and Gand 1972
Gand et al. 2010
Reptilia - Chirotheriidae
cf. Paratrisauropus latus Demathieu and Weidmann 1982
Gand et al. 2010
Chirotherium sp. Kaup 1835
1 specimen
footprint, spelled "Cheirotherium"
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Castilla-La Mancha County:Cuenca
Coordinates: 40.0° North, 1.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.9° North, 13.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Anisian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Anisian
Age range of interval:247.20000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: from the "lower part of the Middle Triassic" in the "Muschelkalk"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:coarse,quartzose,red sandstone
Secondary lithology:red claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "red and white sandstone, with large detrital quartz grains, alternating with beds of red claystone"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,trace
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Disassociated major elements:all
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:A. Mathieu Collection dates:1964
Metadata
Also known as:Cuenca
Database number:74513
Authorizer:M. Carrano, A. Dunhill Enterer:M. Carrano, B. Allen
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-08-09 10:53:23 Last modified:2017-09-13 11:09:25
Access level:the public Released:2007-08-09 10:53:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

53053. A. F. d. Lapparent, M. Le Joncour, A. Mathieu and B. Plus. 1965. Découverte en Espagne d'empreintes de pas de Reptiles mésozoïques [Discovery of Mesozoic reptile footprints in Spain]. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Sección Geológica 63:225-230 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

63323 G. R. Demathieu and H. Haubold. 1972. Stratigraphische Aussagen der Tetrapodenfährten aus der terrestrischen Trias Europas [Stratigraphic statements about the tetrapod tracks from the European terrestrial Triassic]. Geologie 21:802-836 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
67963 G. Gand, R. De La Horra, B. Galán-Abellán, J. López-Gómez, J. F. Barrenechea, A. Arche, and M. I. Benito. 2010. New ichnites from the Middle Triassic of the Iberian Ranges (Spain): paleoenvironmental and paleogeographical implications. Historical Biology 22(1-3):40-56 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
25015ETE A. F. d. Lapparent. 1966. Nouveaux gisements de reptiles Mesozoiques en Espagne [New localities of Mesozoic reptiles in Spain]. Notas y Comunicaciones del Instituto Geologico y Minero de España 84:103-110 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]