Chasselay tracksite, level Y (BQ): Anisian - Ladinian, France
collected by L. Courel 1961

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Rhynchosauroides sp. Maidwell 1911
1 specimen
Reptilia - Chirotheriidae
? Brachychirotherium sp. Beurlen 1950
3 specimens
21.1 W1, W2
Sphingopus ferox Demathieu 1966
11 specimens
recombined as Chirotherium ferox
21.1 Y1
Chirotherium coureli n. sp. Demathieu 1970
46 specimens
recombined as Isochirotherium coureli
21.1 FY
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes County:Rhône
Coordinates: 45.3° North, 5.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.4° North, 17.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:479 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Anisian - Ladinian
Age range of interval:247.20000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Grès Inférieurs du Lyonnais
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: late Anisian to lower Ladinian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,mold/impression,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection,observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:L. Courel Collection dates:1961
Metadata
Also known as:Ch, Mont d'Or Lyonnais
Database number:201284
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-05-03 15:05:07 Last modified:2019-07-18 16:28:51
Access level:the public Released:2019-05-03 15:05:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

69455 F. Ellenberger, P. Ellenberger, and L. Ginsburg. 1970. Les Dinosaures du Trias et du Lias en France et en Afrique du Sud, d'après les pistes qu'ils ont laissées [The Triassic and Liassic dinosaurs in France and South Africa, after their prints]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 7e série 12(1):151-159 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]