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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Plateosaurus cf. poligniensis" = Dimodosaurus poligniensis
"Plateosaurus cf. poligniensis" = Dimodosaurus poligniensis Pidancet and Chopard 1862 prosauropod phalanges
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