Where: Jura, France (46.8° N, 5.6° E: paleocoordinates 29.0° N, 8.8° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Marnes irisées supérieures Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• Middle Keuper (Knollenmergel equivalent)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Musée de Poligny collection, moved to Université Paris VI
Primary reference: J. Pidancet and S. Chopard. 1863. Rapport sur un reptile dinosaurien découvert à Poligny (Jura) [Report on a dinosaurian reptile discovered at Poligny (Jura)]. Compte Rendu des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 46(8):290-292 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48640: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Dimodosaurus poligniensis Pidancet and Chopard 1862 prosauropod |