Le Fechaux (Triassic of France)

Also known as Lons-le-Saunier, Le Feschaux

Where: Jura, France (46.7° N, 5.6° E: paleocoordinates 28.9° N, 8.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Marnes de Châlins Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by A. F. de Lapparent in 1967, 1982-1994

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: A. F. d. Lapparent. 1967. Les dinosaures de France [The dinosaurs of France]. Sciences 51:4-19 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 48643: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.03.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Gresslyosaurus cf. plieningeri Huene 1905 Gressly's lizard
 Saurischia - Plateosauridae
Plateosaurus sp. Meyer 1837 plateosaurid