Cascade d’Emaney tracksite (Triassic to of Switzerland)

Also known as Barberine Pass

Where: Valais, Switzerland (46.1° N, 6.9° E: paleocoordinates 11.2° N, 18.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Triassic to Early/Lower Triassic (252.2 - 237.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by J. Boissonnas in 2003, 2011

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: L. Cavin, M. Avanzini, M. Bernardi, A. Piuz, P.-A. Proz, C. Meister, J. Boissonnas and C. A. Meyer. 2012. New vertebrate trackways from the autochthonous cover of the Aiguilles Rouges Massif and reevaluation of the dinosaur record in the Valais, SW Switzerland. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 131(2):317-324 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 221969: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 02.09.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
Chirotheriidae indet. Abel 1935 archosaur
trackways Bar1, Bar2
Chirotherium cf. barthii Kaup 1835 archosaur
trackway Bar3