L'Anse de la République tracksite, F6 (Triassic of France)

Also known as Veillon, Republique Cove, principal slab

Where: Pays de la Loire, France (46.4° N, 1.7° W: paleocoordinates 31.4° N, 3.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; sandstone and black claystone

• Prints are impressed into sandstone, which was infilled with green clay. Prints disappear as sandstone grades into a quartz pebble conglomerate to the southeast

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace

Collected by A. F. de Lapparent, C. Montenat, G. Bessonnat, M. Ters in 1965–1966

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: A. F. d. Lapparent, C. Montenat, and R. Desparmet. 1966. Nouvelles pistes de Dinosauriens dans l'Infralias de Vendée [New dinosaur footprints in the Lower Lias of Vendée]. Comptes Rendus de la Société géologique de France 1966:20-21 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24798: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 20.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
Eubrontes veillonensis n. sp., Grallator olonensis, Grallator variabilis n. sp., Grallator maximus n. sp.
Eubrontes veillonensis n. sp. Lapparent and Montenat 1967 theropod
Grallator olonensis Lapparent and Montenat 1967 theropod
Grallator variabilis n. sp. Lapparent and Montenat 1967 theropod
two types, a and b
Grallator maximus n. sp. Lapparent and Montenat 1967 theropod
 Theropoda - Anchisauripodidae
Saltopoides igalensis n. gen. n. sp.
Saltopoides igalensis n. gen. n. sp. Lapparent and Montenat 1967 theropod