Saint-Léons tracksite (Jurassic of France)

Also known as Saint Leons, Lévezou, Grands Causses

Where: Midi-Pyrénees, France (44.2° N, 3.0° E: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 8.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hettangian (201.3 - 199.3 Ma)

• 2 fossiliferous levels in the "Dolomie cubique"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; dolomite and green claystone

• "cubic dolomite", a nearly varved facies of dolomite with laminae alternating with green clays. Includes algal structures, mud-cracks, and footprints.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by Demathieu

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: G. R. S. Demathieu. 1993. Empreintes de pas de dinosaures dans les Causses (France) [Dinosaur footprints in the Causses (France)]. Zubía 5:229-252 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 149978: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 30.08.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
Grallator lescurei n. sp. Demathieu 1990 theropod