Antully bonebed, Autun (Triassic of France)

Where: Burgundy, France (46.9° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 8.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Pellat & Laguille

Primary reference: H.-E. Sauvage. 1883. Recherches sur les reptiles trouvés dans l'étage rhétien des environs d'Autun [Research on the reptiles found in the Rhaetian stage of the environs of Autun]. Annales des Sciences Géologiques 14(3):1-44 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144758: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 17.05.2013, edited by Roger Benson

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Anchisauridae
Actiosaurus gaudryi n. gen. n. sp.
Actiosaurus gaudryi n. gen. n. sp. Sauvage 1883 anchisaurid
femora
 Plesiosauria -
Plesiosauria indet. plesiosaur
PLV 1938: proximal portion of a plesiosaur propodial, considered to be an ichthyosaur left radius or ilium.
Plesiosaurus bitractensis n. sp. Sauvage 1883 plesiosaur
vertebrae
Plesiosaurus costatus Owen 1840 plesiosaur
vertebra
 Ichthyosauria - Shastasauridae
aff. Shastasauridae indet. Merriam 1902 ichthyosaur
Ichthyosaurus rheticus Sauvage 1876 ichthyosaur
rib fragments
Ichthyosaurus carinatus Sauvage 1876 ichthyosaur
abdominal rib, mandible