Coisia tracksite (site 3) (Jurassic of France)

Where: Jura, France (46.3° N, 5.6° E: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 14.7° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Couches du Chailley Formation, Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• In the upper parts of the formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: peritidal; bioturbated limestone

• The emersive tendancies of Late Kimmeridgian and Tithonian facies are mud-cracks, birdseyes and laminites.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by Bernier, C. Gourrat in 1984, 2004

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: J. Le Loeuff, C. Gourrat, P. Landry, L. Hautier, R. Liard, C. Souillat, E. Buffetaut and R. Enay. 2005. Late Jurassic sauropod footprint sites of southern Jura (France). Current Research in Vertebrate Palaeontolgy. 3rd Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP). Kaupia 14:27-31 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 53909: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 16.09.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet. sauropod
footprints