Also known as Nancy

Where: Lorraine, France (48.7° N, 6.2° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 15.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1978; reposited in the SMNS

Collection methods: salvage,

• specimens collected by examining cut surfaces of mudstones removed during construction. Some material obtained by the SMNS in 1999

Primary reference: D. Delsate and R. Wild. 2000. Premiere decouverte d'un reptile volant determinable (Pterosauria, Dorygnathus cf banthensis) du Toarcien inferieur (Jurassique inferieur) de Nancy (Lorraine, France). Bulletin de l'Académie et de la Societé Lorraine des Sciences 39(1-4):3-14 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68316: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.01.2007

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