La Pissoire Quarries, CF2 tracksite (Triassic to of France)

Also known as Saint-Sernin-du-Bois, CF 2

Where: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France (46.8° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 11.6° N, 16.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Grès d'Antully Formation, Anisian to Anisian (247.2 - 237.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

• arkosic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: G. Gand. 1971. Découverte de documents ichnologiques nouveaux dans les carrières de la Pissoire (Plateau d’Antully–Saône-et-Loire) [Discovery of new ichnological documents in the la Pissoire quarries (Antully plateau–Saône-et-Loire)]. Bulletin Trimestriel de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle et des Amis du Muséum d'Autun 58:3-14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 62183: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 13.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Pseudosuchia - Rotodactylidae
Rotodactylus sp.2, Rotodactylus velox n. sp.1
Rotodactylus sp.2 Peabody 1948 archosaur
piste B, LP, piste A
Rotodactylus velox n. sp.1 Demathieu and Gand 1974 archosaur
 Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
Brachychirotherium circaparvum2, Brachychirotherium pachydactylum3, Brachychirotherium cf. pachydactylum3
Brachychirotherium circaparvum2 Demathieu 1971 archosaur
piste B
Brachychirotherium pachydactylum3 Demathieu and Gand 1973 archosaur
pistes E, G
Brachychirotherium cf. pachydactylum3 Demathieu and Gand 1973 archosaur
piste D
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
Anchisauripus bibractensis2
Anchisauripus bibractensis2 Demathieu 1971 theropod
piste C
1Demathieu and Gand 1974; 2Gand 1974; 3Gand 1975