Moissey (Triassic of France)

Where: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France (47.2° N, 5.5° E: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 8.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• "at the base of the Rhaetian", in "banc 5"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, fine-grained, intraclastic, sandy breccia

• "breccia"; a fine-grained, very compact gray sand containing rounded fragments of marl. At the base of this (0.1 m) a "puddingstone" with debris of green marnolite, rounded and broken; fragments of dolomite; most of the fossils"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: M. J. Henry. 1876. L'Infralias dans la Franche-Comté [The Lower Lias of Franche-Comté]. Mémoires de la Société d'Émulation du Doubs, 4e série 10:287-486 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 90876: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.08.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
scales that could pertain to reptiles or fishes
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
? Gyrolepis sp.
? Gyrolepis sp. Agassiz 1833
Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
 Ichthyosauria - Ichthyosauridae
Ichthyosaurus sp.
Ichthyosaurus sp. Koenig 1818 ichthyosaur
 Theropoda -
Megalosaurus obtusus n. sp.
Megalosaurus obtusus n. sp. Henry 1876 theropod
 Phytosauria -
Termatosaurus alberti
Termatosaurus alberti Meyer and Plieninger 1844 archosaur
 Nothosauria - Simosauridae
Simosaurus sp.
Simosaurus sp. Meyer 1842 nothosaur
Chondrichthyes
 Synechodontiformes - Orthacodontidae
? Sphenodus sp.
? Sphenodus sp. Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
? Spinax sp.
? Spinax sp. Agassiz 1837 dogfish shark
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp.
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch