Black Shales of Autun, near Margenne (Permian of France)

Also known as Autun, Saone et Loire

Where: Burgundy, France (46.9° N, 4.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 2.7° N, 18.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Millery Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• According to modern stratigraphy (Werneburg & Schneider, 2006), the site [...] is part of the upper Millery Formation (Autunian, Rotliegend, Cisuralian), which was recently dated to the Artinskian (formerly Sakmarian, see Schneider et al., 2014). (Spindler, 2015)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; gray shale

• The dark grayish bituminous shale was deposited in a lacustrine environment (Marteau & Feys, 1989).

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: F. Spindler. 2015. The basal Sphenacodontia: Systematic revision and evolutionary implications. 385 [R. Butler/E. Dunne/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180981: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 11.08.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Caseasauria - Caseidae
Callibrachion gaudryi n. gen. n. sp.
Callibrachion gaudryi n. gen. n. sp. Boule and Glangeaud 1893 synapsid
MNHN F AUT490 (Holotype: single slab with a three‐dimensionally preserved partial skull and almost complete skeleton, but missing part of the vertebral column, part of the pectoral and pelvic girdles as well as the left hind limb)