Beurre, Poligny: Norian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Dimodosaurus poligniensis Pidancet and Chopard 1862
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Prosauropoda
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Jura County:Franche-Comte
Coordinates: 47.3° North, 6.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.6° North, 8.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Norian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Norian
Age range of interval:227.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Marnes irisées supérieures
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Keuper (Knollenmergel equivalent)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "iridescent marls"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Disassociated major elements:all
Fragmentation:frequent
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Musée de Poligny collection, moved to Université Paris VI
Metadata
Database number:48641
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-03-25 06:04:45 Last modified:2021-06-23 10:01:00
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-25 06:04:45
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
7187. J. Pidancet and S. Chopard. 1863. Rapport sur un reptile dinosaurien découvert à Poligny (Jura) [Report on a dinosaurian reptile discovered at Poligny (Jura)]. Compte Rendu des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 46(8):290-292 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

77207 N. Bardet and G. Cuny. 1993. Triassic reptile faunas from France. In J.-M. Mazin & G. Pinna (ed.), Evolution, Ecology and Biogeography of the Triassic Reptiles. Acts of the Workshop Organized by Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. Milano 19–21 Giugno 1991 2:9-18 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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]
12975ETE P. M. Galton. 1998. The prosauropod dinosaur Plateosaurus (Dimodosaurus) poligniensis (Pidancet & Chopard, 1862) (Upper Triassic, Poligny, France). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 207(2):255-288 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
45099 A. F. d. Lapparent. 1967. Les dinosaures de France [The dinosaurs of France]. Sciences 51:4-19 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
52031 J. Pidancet. 1863. La géologie du Jura [The geology of the Jura]. Bulletin de la Société d'Agriculture, Sciences et Arts de Poligny (Jura) 4:289-293 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
46327 N. Théobald, M. Blanc, and David. 1987. Découverte d'ossements de dinosaure Plateosaurus cf. poligniensis (Pidancet et Chopard) dans les marnes irisées supérieures des environs de Salins (Jura) [Discovery of bones of the dinosaur Plateosaurus cf. poligniensis (Pidancet and Chopard) in the Marnes Irisées Supérieures in the environs of Salins (Jura)]. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle du Doubs 69(1):21-25 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
23520ETE D. B. Weishampel, P. M. Barrett, R. A. Coria, J. Le Loeuff, X. Xu, X. Zhao, A. Sahni, E. M. P. Gomani, and C. R. Noto. 2004. Dinosaur distribution. In D. B. Weishampel, H. Osmolska, and P. Dodson (eds.), The Dinosauria (2nd edition). University of California Press, Berkeley 517-606 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]