Le Roubreau tracksite, Largentière mine: Anisian - Ladinian, France
collected by J. Samama, SMMP 1963, 1967–1972
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Theromorpha
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Theromorpha informal indet. 1
Cope 1878
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Courel and Demathieu 1976 | |||||||||
| "theromorphoid" tracks, chamber U | ||||||||||
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Theromorpha informal indet. 2
Cope 1878
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Courel and Demathieu 1976 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| trackway X (Y') | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Rhynchosauroidae
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Phalangichnus sp.
Schmidt 1959
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Rhynchosauroides petri
Demathieu 1966
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Reptilia
- Rotodactylidae
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Rotodactylus rati
Demathieu 1971
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Courel and Demathieu 1995 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Chirotheriidae
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? Brachychirotherium sp.
Beurlen 1950
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Chirotherium parvum
(Hitchcock 1889)
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| recombined as Brachychirotherium parvum | ||||||||||
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Brachychirotherium circaparvum
Demathieu 1971
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Courel and Demathieu 1976 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
| trackways S (X'), IV (Y') | ||||||||||
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Brachychirotherium gallicum
(Willruth 1917)
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Courel and Demathieu 1995 | |||||||||
| synonym of Chirotherium barthii | ||||||||||
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Isochirotherium felenci n. sp.
Courel and Demathieu 1976
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Courel and Demathieu 1976 | 23 individuals | ||||||||
| trackways in chambers X', Y', U | ||||||||||
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Isochirotherium delicatum n. sp.
Courel and Demathieu 1976
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Courel and Demathieu 1976 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
| trackways IV, V | ||||||||||
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Chirotherium barthi
(Kaup 1835)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Chirotherium barthii | ||||||||||
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Sphingopus ferox
Demathieu 1966
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Chirotherium ferox | ||||||||||
| prints in chambers X', Y' | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Coelurosaurichnus largentierensis n. sp.
Courel and Demathieu 1976
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Courel and Demathieu 1976 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| trackway VIII | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | County: | Ardèche |
| Coordinates: | 44.5° North, 4.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.4° North, 16.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Grès Inférieurs du Roubreau | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: from the "detrital" basal formation, 10 m above base, correlated with either Muschelkalk or Buntsandstein; 3 layers
Anisian to early Ladinian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | desiccation cracks sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | salvage,surface (in situ),observed (not collected) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | J. Samama, SMMP | Collection dates: | 1963, 1967–1972 |
| Collection method comments: excavated by la Société Métallurgique et Minière Peñarroya (SMMP) | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Ardèche, Largentiere | ||
| Database number: | 192151 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-03-13 17:22:23 | Last modified: | 2021-09-10 09:42:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-03-13 17:22:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 65009. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 67993 | L. Courel and G. Demathieu. 1976. Une ichnofaune reptiliene remarquable dans les grès triasiques de Largentière (Ardèche, France) [A remarkable reptilian ichnofauna from the Triassic sandstones of Largentière (Ardèche, France)]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 151(4–6):194-216 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 68041 | L. Courel and G. R. Demathieu. 1995. Tentative stratigraphic correlation using ichnological data from continental sandstone series and marine faunas in the Middle Triassic of Europe. Albertiana 15:83-91 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 68923 | G. R. Demathieu. 1970. Empreintes de Pas de Vertébrés du Trias de la Bordure Nord-Est du Massif Central (Vertebrate Footprints from the Triassic of the Northeast Border of the Massif Central]. Cahiers de Paléontologie 1-211 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 78034 | G. R. Demathieu and P. Demathieu. 2004. Chirotheria and other ichnotaxa of the European Triassic. Ichnos 11(1-2):79-88 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 19626 | ETE | G. Gand and G. Demathieu. 2005. Les pistes dinosauroïds du Trias moyen français: interprétation et réévaluation de la nomenclature [The French Middle Triassic dinosauroid trackways: interpretation and nomenclatural reevaluation]. Geobios 38:725-749 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 67995 | G. Gand, G. Demathieu, and C. Montenat. 2007. Les traces de pas d'amphibiens, de dinosaures et autres reptiles du Mesozoïque français: Inventaire et interpretations [Footprints of amphibians, dinosaurs, and other reptiles from the French Mesozoic: inventory and interpretations]. Palaeovertebrata 2007(1–4):1-149 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |