Gardon de Saint-Jean ravine tracksite: Norian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Grallatoridae
Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842
tridactyl (theropod or ornithopod)
    = Eubrontes sp. Hitchcock 1845
Haubold 1971
    = cf. Eubrontes sp. Hitchcock 1845
Lucas et al. 2006
Reptilia
? Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878
probably sauropod
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Languedoc-Roussillon County:Gard
Coordinates: 44.1° North, 4.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.1° North, 8.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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:228.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "Keuper"; 25 m below Rhaetian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Anduze
Database number:58624
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-02-16 14:04:12 Last modified:2019-11-25 16:33:12
Access level:the public Released:2006-02-16 14:04:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

16648.ETE P. Ellenberger. 1965. Découverte de pistes de Vertébrés dans le Permien, le Trias et le Lias inferieur, aux abords de Toulon (Var) et d'Anduze (Gard) [Discovery of vertebrate trackways in the Permian, Triassic, and lower Liassic, in the neighborhoods of Toulon (Var) and Anduze (Gard)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris 260:5856-5859 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

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]
63494 L. Courel, G. Demathieu, and R. Buffard. 1968. Empreintes de pas de Vertébrés et stratigraphie du Trias [Vertebrate footprints and Triassic stratigraphy]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 7e série 10:275-281 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
63323 G. R. Demathieu and H. Haubold. 1972. Stratigraphische Aussagen der Tetrapodenfährten aus der terrestrischen Trias Europas [Stratigraphic statements about the tetrapod tracks from the European terrestrial Triassic]. Geologie 21:802-836 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
69455 F. Ellenberger, P. Ellenberger, and L. Ginsburg. 1970. Les Dinosaures du Trias et du Lias en France et en Afrique du Sud, d'après les pistes qu'ils ont laissées [The Triassic and Liassic dinosaurs in France and South Africa, after their prints]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 7e série 12(1):151-159 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
29189ETE H. Haubold. 1971. In O. Kuhn (ed.), Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology. Part 18. Ichnia Amphibiorum et Reptiliorum Fossilium 1-124 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
23532ETE A. F. d. Lapparent and C. Montenat. 1967. Les empreintes de pas de reptiles de l'Infralias de Veillon (Vendée) [Reptile footprints from the lower Lias of Veillon (Vendée)]. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, nouvelle série 107:1-44 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
65481 S. G. Lucas, H. Klein, M. G. Lockley, J. A. Spielmann, G. D. Gierlinski, A. P. Hunt, and L. H. Tanner. 2006. Triassic-Jurassic stratigraphic distribution of the theropod footprint ichnogenus Eubrontes. In J. D. Harris, S. G. Lucas, J. A. Spielmann, M. G. Lockley, A. R. C. Milner, & J. I. Kirkland (eds.), The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37:86-93 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]