Laives tracksite (Triassic of France)

Also known as Nanton, Mâconnais, Sennecey-le-Grand

Where: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France (46.6° N, 4.8° E: paleocoordinates 11.5° N, 16.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Triassic (247.2 - 237.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collected by Bonnot in the 1870s

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: J. Lorenz, G. G. Demathieu, and P. Demathieu. 1962. Découverte d’empreintes de pas de reptiles dans le Trias du plateau d’Antully [Discovery of reptile footprints in the Triassic of the Antully plateau]. L’Eduen. Bulletin trimestriel de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Autun. Nouvelle Série 22:9-14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 201403: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.05.2019

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
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Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile