Where: Franche-Comté, France (46.9° N, 5.9° E: paleocoordinates 29.2° N, 9.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Marnes irisées supérieures Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; dolomitic, green marl and marl

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by M. Blanc

Collection methods: surface (float), mechanical,

Primary reference: N. Théobald, M. Blanc, and David. 1987. Découverte d'ossements de dinosaure Plateosaurus cf. poligniensis (Pidancet et Chopard) dans les marnes irisées supérieures des environs de Salins (Jura) [Discovery of bones of the dinosaur Plateosaurus cf. poligniensis (Pidancet and Chopard) in the Marnes Irisées Supérieures in the environs of Salins (Jura)]. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle du Doubs 69(1):21-25 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 142750: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 16.04.2013

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