Also known as Veillon Point

Where: Pays de la Loire, France (46.4° N, 1.7° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 3.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hettangian (201.3 - 199.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; gray, blue limestone and siliciclastic

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace

Collected by A. F. de Lapparent, C. Montenat, G. Bessonnat, M. Ters in 1965–1966

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: G. Bessonnat, A. F. d. Lapparent, C. Montenat and M. Ters. 1965. Découverte de nombreuses empreintes de pas de Reptiles dans le Lias infeerieur de la côte de Vendée [Discovery of numerous footprints of reptiles in the lower Lias of the Vendée coast]. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Académie des Sciences 260(5):5324-5326 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70802: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.04.2007

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