Also known as Le Chappou

Where: Rhône-Alpes, France (46.0° N, 5.4° E: paleocoordinates 28.2° N, 9.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Marnes irisées supérieures Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• "Keuper marls", "marnes irisees" stage of the infra-Lias

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; white marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Dumortier

• collected by Mr. Dumoriter of Lyon (spelled "Dumortici" in ref 57070).

Primary reference: P. Gervais. 1861. Présence du genre éteint des Thécodontosaures en France [Presence of the extinct genus Thecodontosaurus in France]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris 52:347-349 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70425: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.03.2007

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