Gardon de Saint-Jean tracksite (Triassic of France)

Also known as Anduze

Where: Languedoc-Roussillon, France (44.1° N, 4.0° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° N, 8.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• "Keuper"; 25 m. below Rhaetian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Primary reference: P. Ellenberger. 1965. Découverte de pistes de Vertébrés dans le Permien, le Trias et le Lias inferieur, aux abords de Toulon (Var) et d'Anduze (Gard) [Discovery of vertebrate trackways in the Permian, Triassic, and lower Liassic, in the neighborhoods of Toulon (Var) and Anduze (Gard)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris 260:5856-5859 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 58623: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 16.02.2006

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
cf. Eubrontes sp. Hitchcock 1845 theropod
tridactyl (theropod or ornithopod)
 Saurischia -
? Sauropoda indet. sauropod
probably sauropod