Saint-Nicolas-de-Port: Rhaetian, France
collected 1851-
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Rhaetipollis germanicus
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Cuny 1995 | |||||||||
Granuloperculatipollis rudis
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Cuny 1995 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
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Lissodus minimus
(Agassiz 1839)
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Duffin 1993 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
SNP 1006-7 | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Synechodontiformes
- Palaeospinacidae
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Nemacanthus monilifer
Agassiz 1836
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Cuny and Ramboer 1991 | 5 elements | ||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Synechodontiformes
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Hybodus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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Cuny and Ramboer 1991 | 45 elements | ||||||||
new species | ||||||||||
= Rhomphaiodon nicolensis n. gen., n. sp.
Duffin 1993
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Duffin 1993 | |||||||||
Saurichthyiformes
- Saurichthyidae
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Saurichthys sp.
Agassiz 1834
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Cuny and Ramboer 1991 | 25 elements | ||||||||
Dipnoi
- Ptychoceratodontidae
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Ptychoceratodus phillipsi
(Agassiz 1838)
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Cuny and Ramboer 1991 | 8 elements | ||||||||
Dipnoi
- Ceratodontidae
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Ceratodus kaupi
Agassiz 1838
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Duffin 1993 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Temnospondyli indet.
von Zittel 1887
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Cuny and Ramboer 1991 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Metoposauridae
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? Capitosauridae indet.
Watson 1919
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Buffetaut and Wouters 1986 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
= Metoposaurus cf. diagnosticus
Meyer 1842
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Cuny and Ramboer 1991 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Plagiosauridae
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Plagiosaurus sp.
Jaekel 1914
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Buffetaut and Wouters 1986 | 68 specimens | ||||||||
= Plagiosauridae indet.
Abel 1919
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Cuny and Ramboer 1991 | |||||||||
= cf. Plagiosaurus sp.
Jaekel 1914
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Schoch and Milner 2014 | |||||||||
unclassified
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Hahnia obliqua n. gen., n. sp.
Godefroit and Battail 1997
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Godefroit and Battail 1997 | |||||||||
IRSNB R164, left upper postcanine (holotype); 4 other specimens | ||||||||||
Theroteinus nikolai n. gen., n. sp.
Sigogneau-Russell et al. 1986
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Sigogneau-Russell et al. 1986 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
Haramiyidae
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Haramiyidae indet.
Simpson 1940
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1 specimen | |||||||||
tooth | ||||||||||
Thomasia sp.
Poche 1908
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Godefroit and Sigogneau-Russell 1995 | |||||||||
Thomasia antiqua
(Plieninger 1847)
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Godefroit and Sigogneau-Russell 1995 | |||||||||
Thomasia moorei
(Owen 1871)
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Godefroit and Sigogneau-Russell 1995 | |||||||||
Kuehneotheriidae
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Fluctuodon necmergor n. gen., n. sp.
Debuysschere 2017
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Debuysschere 2017 | |||||||||
Kuehneotherium praecursoris
Kermack et al. 1968
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Godefroit and Sigogneau-Russell 1995 | |||||||||
Kuehneotherium stanislavi n. sp.
Debuysschere 2017
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Debuysschere 2017 | |||||||||
Morganucodonta
- Morganucodontidae
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Brachyzostrodon informal sp. 1
Sigogneau-Russell 1983
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Hahn et al. 1991 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
RAS 717, SNP 5Ph, 29 | ||||||||||
Brachyzostrodon informal sp. 2
Sigogneau-Russell 1983
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Hahn et al. 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
RAS FW45 | ||||||||||
Brachyzostrodon coupatezi n. gen., n. sp.
Sigogneau-Russell 1983
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8 specimens | |||||||||
SNP 100, 171, 225, 500, 737; RAS 78G, 785, 875. | ||||||||||
Brachyzostrodon maior n. sp.
Hahn et al. 1991
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Hahn et al. 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
RAS 1020W | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Woutersiidae
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Woutersia butleri n. sp.
Sigogneau-Russell and Hahn 1995
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Sigogneau-Russell and Hahn 1995 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
SNP 517, holotype right lower molar; lower teeth: SNP 119, left molar. Upper teeth: SNP 88; SNP 82; SNP 720; all from the right side. | ||||||||||
Woutersia mirabilis n. sp.
Sigogneau-Russell 1983
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Sigogneau-Russell and Hahn 1995 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
SNP 101, holotype left lower molar;SNP 52W, right upper molar; SNP 74 W, partial right upper mola | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
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? Multituberculata indet.
Cope 1884
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1 specimen | |||||||||
tooth | ||||||||||
Therioherpetidae
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Meurthodon gallicus n. gen., n. sp.
Sigogneau-Russell and Hahn 1994
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Sigogneau-Russell and Hahn 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MNHN SNP-1-W | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Gaumia longiradicata
Hahn et al. 1987
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Godefroit and Battail 1997 | |||||||||
12 specimens in IRSNB and MNHP | ||||||||||
Chiniquodontidae
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Lepagia gaumensis
Hahn et al. 1987
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Godefroit and Battail 1997 | |||||||||
IRSNB R167 , IRSNB 28 1 14/051 , ? IRSNB 28114/104 | ||||||||||
Dromatheriidae
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Pseudotriconodon wildi
Hahn et al. 1984
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Godefroit and Battail 1997 | |||||||||
Around 30 specimens, in IRSNB and MNHP | ||||||||||
Traversodontidae
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? Rosieria sp.
Godefroit and Battail 1997
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Godefroit and Battail 1997 | |||||||||
IRSNB R174, left upper postcanine | ||||||||||
Rosieria delsatei n. gen., n. sp.
Godefroit and Battail 1997
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Godefroit and Battail 1997 | |||||||||
IRSNB R173, left upper postcanine | ||||||||||
? Microscalenodon sp.
Hahn et al. 1988
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Godefroit and Battail 1997 | |||||||||
IRSNB R175, left upper postcanine | ||||||||||
Maubeugia lotharingica n. gen., n. sp.
Godefroit and Battail 1997
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Godefroit and Battail 1997 | |||||||||
IRSNB R172, left upper postcanine | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Tricuspes tapeinodon n. sp.
Godefroit and Battail 1997
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Godefroit and Battail 1997 | |||||||||
IRSNB R161, upper right molariform (holotype); 10 other specimens | ||||||||||
Tricuspes sigogneauae
Hahn 1994
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Godefroit and Sigogneau-Russell 1995 | |||||||||
Tricuspes tuebingensis
Huene 1933
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Godefroit and Battail 1997 | |||||||||
IRSNB R158, upper molariform | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Procompsognathidae indet.
Huene 1929
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Buffetaut and Wouters 1986 | 13 specimens | ||||||||
= ? Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Cuny and Ramboer 1991 | |||||||||
= Archosauriformes informal indet. 1
Gauthier 1986
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Godefroit and Cuny 1997 | |||||||||
? Ornithischia informal indet. 2
Seeley 1888
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Godefroit and Cuny 1997 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
IRSNB R186, 28114/2 | ||||||||||
= Archosauriformes indet.
Gauthier 1986
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Butler et al. 2006 | |||||||||
aff. Tecovasaurus sp.
Hunt and Lucas 1994
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Godefroit and Cuny 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IRSNB R185 | ||||||||||
= Archosauriformes indet.
Gauthier 1986
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Butler et al. 2006 | |||||||||
? Ornithischia informal indet. 3
Seeley 1888
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Godefroit and Cuny 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IRSNB R202 | ||||||||||
= Archosauriformes indet.
Gauthier 1986
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Butler et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Archosauriformes informal indet. 2
Gauthier 1986
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Godefroit and Cuny 1997 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Archosauriformes informal indet. 3
Gauthier 1986
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Godefroit and Cuny 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Archosauriformes informal indet. 4
Gauthier 1986
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Godefroit and Cuny 1997 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Archosauriformes informal indet. 5
Gauthier 1986
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Godefroit and Cuny 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Archosauriformes informal indet. 6
Gauthier 1986
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Godefroit and Cuny 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Archosauriformes informal indet. 7
Gauthier 1986
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Godefroit and Cuny 1997 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
Archosauriformes informal indet. 8
Gauthier 1986
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Godefroit and Cuny 1997 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Archosauriformes informal indet. 9
Gauthier 1986
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Godefroit and Cuny 1997 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Archosauriformes informal indet. 10
Gauthier 1986
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Godefroit and Cuny 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Archosauriformes informal indet. 11
Gauthier 1986
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Godefroit and Cuny 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Archosauriformes informal indet. 12
Gauthier 1986
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Godefroit and Cuny 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Archosauriformes informal indet. 13
Gauthier 1986
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Godefroit and Cuny 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Graoullyodon hacheti n. gen., n. sp.
Godefroit and Cuny 1997
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Godefroit and Cuny 1997 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Phytosauridae
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Rutiodon rutimeyeri
(Huene 1911)
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Buffetaut and Wouters 1986 | 100 specimens | ||||||||
= Phytosauridae informal indet. 1
Jaeger 1828
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Godefroit and Cuny 1997 | |||||||||
replaced by Mystriosuchinae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Parasuchidae
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Phytosauridae informal indet. 2
Jaeger 1828
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Godefroit and Cuny 1997 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
replaced by Mystriosuchinae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Plateosauridae
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Plateosaurus sp.
Meyer 1837
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Buffetaut and Wouters 1986 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
IRSNB R184, 28114/94, /97, /170-174, /619, /643, /746, RAS094G | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Campylognathoididae
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Eudimorphodon sp.
Zambelli 1973
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Godefroit and Cuny 1997 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
IRSNB R182, R183, 28114/102, 28114/165, 28114/166, 28114/605, 28114/632, 28114/711, teeth | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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? Procolophonoidea indet.
Romer 1956
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Cuny and Ramboer 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
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Pycnodontiformes indet.
Berg 1937
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Cuny and Ramboer 1991 | 1 element | ||||||||
Dinophyceae
- Gonyaulacales
- Shublikodiniaceae
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Rhaetogonyaulax rhaetica
Below 1987
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Cuny 1995 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | France | State/province: | Lorraine | County: | Meuthe-et-Moselle |
Coordinates: | 48.6° North, 6.3° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.5° North, 8.7° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Altitude: | 209 meters | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
Stage: | Rhaetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
Key time interval: | Rhaetian | ||
Age range of interval: | 208.50000 - 201.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Grès à Avicula contorta | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Lower Rhaetian? Perhaps equivalent to Knollenmergel (Cuny & Ramboer 1991) |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | pebbly,brown,green argillaceous sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "brown sands, green clay and pebbles" | |
Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | 1851-present |
Taxonomic list comments:incomplete |
Metadata
Also known as: | Rossières-aux-Salines, Rosieres-aux-Salines | ||
Database number: | 36106 | ||
Authorizer: | E. Fara, R. Butler, M. Carrano, A. Dunhill, M. Clapham, R. Benson | Enterer: | E. Fara, R. Butler, P. Vazquez, M. Carrano, B. Allen, E. Dunne, R. Benson |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2004-01-13 23:58:46 | Last modified: | 2021-06-23 09:57:58 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-01-13 23:58:46 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
9688. | 5% 25040 | D. Sigogneau-Russell. 1983. Nouveaux taxons de mammifères rhétiens [New taxa of Rhaetian mammals]. Second Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems, Jadwisin 1981. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 28(1-2):233-249 [E. Fara/E. Fara/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
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45554 | E. Buffetaut, G. Cuny, and J. Le Loeuff. 1991. French dinosaurs: the best record in Europe?. Modern Geology 16:17-42 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
15228 | ETE | E. Buffetaut and G. Wouters. 1986. Amphibian and reptile remains from the Upper Triassic of Saint-Nicolas-de-Port (eastern France) and their biostratigraphic significance. Modern Geology 10:133-145 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
19402 | ETE | R. J. Butler, L. B. Porro, and A. B. Heckert. 2006. A supposed heterodontosaurid tooth from the Rhaetian of Switzerland and a reassessment of the European Late Triassic record of Ornithischia (Dinosauria). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 2006(10):613-633 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
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12980 | ETE | G. Cuny and G. Ramboer. 1991. Nouvelles donnees sur la faune et l'age de Saint Nicolas de Port [New data on the fauna and age of Saint Nicolas de Port]. Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 10(1):69-78 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
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