Saint Laurent, near Cuers: Rhaetian, France
collected by ?Corroy >1934

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Ichthyosauridae
Ichthyosaurus sp. Koenig 1818
Paramblypteriformes
Gyrolepis agassizi (Munster 1835)
original and current combination Amblypterus agassizii
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
Lepidotus sp. (Agassiz 1832)
original and current combination Lepidotes
Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
Sargodon tomicus Plieninger 1847
Actinopteri
Teleostea indet. (Müller 1846)
spelled with current rank as Teleostei
Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae
Colobodus sp. Agassiz 1843
Actinopteri - Perleidiformes
Dollopterus sp. Abel 1906
Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Gyrolepis albertii Agassiz 1834
Palaeonisciformes - Birgeriidae
Birgeria acuminatus
Birgeria sp. Stensiö 1919
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Nemacanthus cf. monilifer Agassiz 1836
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes
Hybodus minor Agassiz 1837
recombined as Rhomphaiodon minor
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
Hybodus cloacinus Quenstedt 1858
recombined as Polyacrodus cloacinus
Polyacrodus minimus Agassiz 1939
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region County:Var Departement
Coordinates: 43.3° North, 6.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.4° North, 10.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Rhaetian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
*Period:Triassic - Triassic *Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic - Late/Upper Triassic
*International age/stage:Rhaetian - Rhaetian
Key time interval:Rhaetian
Age range of interval:208.50000 - 201.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "Rhaetian bone-bed"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:quartzose,ooidal,shelly/skeletal lithified calcareous "limestone"
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "The section corresponds to a succession of Triassic bioclastic limestone beds containing numerous remains of chondrichthyans, teleosts, gastropods, crinoids and bivalves, in association with ferruginous ooliths and quartz. The bioclastic limestone is interbedded with numerous argillaceous beds (Fig. S1 in ESM), as in other contemporaneous localities in the region (Caron 1967)" (Fischer et al. 2014)
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:?Corroy Collection dates:>1934
Collection method comments: Discovered before Corroy 1934.
Metadata
Also known as:St-Laurent, Saint-Laurent, Cuers
Database number:31773
Authorizer:E. Fara Enterer:E. Fara
Modifier:R. Benson Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-05-25 07:39:11 Last modified:2015-02-18 09:44:52
Access level:the public Released:2003-05-25 07:39:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
8547.5% 49420G. Corroy. 1934. Les poissons et les reptiles du Muschelkalk et du Rhetien de Basse-Provence. Bulletin de la Societe geologique de France 3, serie 5(5-6):475-483 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara]

Secondary references:

54389 V. Fischer, H. Capetta, P. Vincent, G. Garcia, S. Goolaerts, J. E. Martin, D. Roggero and X. Valentin. 2014. Ichthyosaurs from the French Rhaetian indicate a severe turnover across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. Naturwissenschaften 101:1027-1040 [R. Benson/R. Benson]