Alzon (MNHN) (Triassic of France)

Where: Gard, France (44.0° N, 3.4° E: paleocoordinates 25.9° N, 8.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; dolomitic, argillaceous marl

• "marl with sandy and dolomitic intercalations"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Thaler in the 1960s; reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: F.-X. Gauffre. 1995. Première description d'un dinosaure prosauropode dans le Trias supérieur du Sud de la France, Alzon (Gard) [First description of a prosauropod dinosaur from the Upper Triassic of southern France (Alzon, Gard)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, série IIa 320:1219-1223 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59290: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 24.03.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Prosauropoda indet.